Where does “sikamokka” come from?
sikamokka (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.
sikamokka (Finnish): pig suede
Ancestry of “sikamokka”, step by step
sikamokka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Sika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Sika | Pig the twelfth animal in the 12-year cycle in Chinese zodiac |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |
via Finnish mokka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mokka | mocha; suede |
| 2 | English | Mocha | The name originally proposed for JavaScript |
| 3 | Arabic | اَلْمُخَا | — |