Where does “teurassika” come from?

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

teurassika (Finnish): slaughter pig

Definitions

  1. slaughter pig

Ancestry of “teurassika”, step by step

teurassika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Sika

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

via Finnish teuras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishteurasAn animal to be slaughtered
2Proto-Germanicþeurazbull
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →Every word from Proto-Finnic cika →Every word from Finnish Sika →