Where does “sikailla” come from?

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

sikailla (Finnish): to behave like a pig

Definitions

  1. to behave like a pig

Ancestry of “sikailla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
2Proto-Finniccikapig
3Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “sikailla”

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