Where does “siansorkka” come from?

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

siansorkka (Finnish): hoof of a pig; pig's trotter; clove hitch

Definitions

  1. hoof of a pig; pig's trotter; clove hitch

Ancestry of “siansorkka”, step by step

siansorkka traces back through 3 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 sorkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsorkkacloven hoof, cleft hoof, cloven foot; hitch; claw
2Proto-Finnicsorkka—

via Ingrian sorkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansorkkacloven hoof

Words derived from “siansorkka”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →Every word from Proto-Finnic cika →Every word from Finnish Sika →