Where does “sikatila” come from?
sikatila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
sikatila (Finnish): pig farm
Ancestry of “sikatila”, step by step
sikatila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
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 |