Where does “sikailu” come from?

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

sikailu (Finnish): contemptible, unacceptable behaviour; 'behaving like a pig'

Definitions

  1. contemptible, unacceptable behaviour; 'behaving like a pig'

Ancestry of “sikailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsikaillato behave like a pig
2FinnishSikaPig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac
3Proto-Finniccikapig
4Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →Every word from Proto-Finnic cika →Every word from Finnish Sika →