Where does “ikatulo” come from?

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

ikatulo (Cebuano): third; 3rd

Definitions

  1. third; 3rd

Ancestry of “ikatulo”, 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 →