Where does “sikaeläin” come from?

sikaeläin (Finnish) comes from Finnish eläin, from Finnish elää, from Proto-Finnic elädäk, from Proto-Uralic elä- — to live.

sikaeläin (Finnish): any animal in the suborder Suina

Definitions

  1. any animal in the suborder Suina

Ancestry of “sikaeläin”, step by step

sikaeläin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eläin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheläinanimal
2FinnishelääTo live, be alive; To live
3Proto-Finnicelädäkto live
4Proto-Uralicelä-to live

via Finnish Sika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
2Proto-Finniccikapig
3Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-Uralic elä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic elädäk →Every word from Finnish elää →