Where does “ikalima” come from?

ikalima (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano ika-, from Proto-Austronesian Sika-, from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

ikalima (Cebuano): fifth; 5th; the fifth place; below the fourth and...

Definitions

  1. fifth; 5th; the fifth place; below the fourth and...

Ancestry of “ikalima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoika-Used to form ordinal numbers; Attached to a...
2Proto-AustronesianSika-—
3FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
4Proto-Finniccikapig
5Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →Every word from Proto-Finnic cika →Every word from Finnish Sika →
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