Where does “pensselisika” come from?

pensselisika (Finnish) comes from Finnish pensseli, from Swedish pensel, from Old French pincil, from Latin pēniculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

pensselisika (Finnish): bush pig; red river hog

Definitions

  1. bush pig; red river hog

Ancestry of “pensselisika”, step by step

pensselisika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensseli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensselipaintbrush
2Swedishpenselpaintbrush
3Old Frenchpincil
4Latinpēniculus
5Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
6Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

via Finnish Sika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
2Proto-Finniccikapig
3Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “pensselisika

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelosEvery word from Latin -culusEvery word from Latin pēniculus
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