Where does “siilikäs” come from?

siilikäs (Finnish) comes from Finnish siili, from Estonian siil, from Proto-Finnic siili, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele — hedgehog.

siilikäs (Finnish): arctiid

Definitions

  1. arctiid

Ancestry of “siilikäs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsiilihedgehog; hedgehog, European hedgehog, common...
2Estoniansiilhedgehog
3Proto-Finnicsiilihedgehog
4Proto-Finno-Ugricśijelehedgehog
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele →Every word from Proto-Finnic siili →Every word from Estonian siil →