Where does “sikarutto” come from?
sikarutto (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.
sikarutto (Finnish): swine fever
Ancestry of “sikarutto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Sika | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |