Where does “sianjalostus” come from?

sianjalostus (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

sianjalostus (Finnish): selective pig breeding

Definitions

  1. selective pig breeding

Ancestry of “sianjalostus”, step by step

sianjalostus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Sika

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

via Finnish jalostus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalostusselective breeding, cross-breeding and other...
2FinnishjalostaaTo refine; To selectively breed
3Finnishjalonoble; fine, refined
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