Where does “pahkasika” come from?

pahkasika (Finnish) comes from Finnish pahka, from Proto-Finnic pahka, from Proto-Uralic pakša.

pahkasika (Finnish): warthog

Definitions

  1. warthog

Ancestry of “pahkasika”, step by step

pahkasika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pahka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpahkaburl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner
2Proto-Finnicpahkaburl, burr, gnarl
3Proto-Uralicpakša—

via Finnish Sika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
2Proto-Finniccikapig
3Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-Uralic pakša →Every word from Proto-Finnic pahka →Every word from Finnish pahka →