Where does “sikahalpa” come from?

sikahalpa (Finnish) comes from Finnish halpa, from Proto-Finnic halpa, from Proto-Germanic salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European salw-.

sikahalpa (Finnish): really cheap, super cheap

Definitions

  1. really cheap, super cheap

Ancestry of “sikahalpa”, step by step

sikahalpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish halpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhalpacheap
2Proto-Finnichalpacheap; bad
3Proto-Germanicsalwazdusky, grey; smutty, dirty, muddy; sallow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansalw-—

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-Indo-European salw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic salwaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic halpa →
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