Where does “siankärsämö” come from?
siankärsämö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kärsämö, from Finnish kärsä, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
siankärsämö (Finnish): common yarrow
Ancestry of “siankärsämö”, step by step
siankärsämö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kärsämö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kärsämö | Yarrow, a plant of the genus "Achillea" |
| 2 | Finnish | kärsä | trunk, proboscis; snout; proboscis |
| 3 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish Sika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Sika | Pig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |