Where does “villikarju” come from?

villikarju (Finnish) comes from Finnish karju, from Finnish karjua, from Proto-Finnic karjudak — to roar, to shout.

villikarju (Finnish): A male wild boar, also wild boar as species

Definitions

  1. A male wild boar, also wild boar as species

Ancestry of “villikarju”, step by step

villikarju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarjuboar; Indicative present connegative form of...
2Finnishkarjuato roar, bellow, shout, holler; Partitive...
3Proto-Finnickarjudakto roar, to shout

via Finnish villi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilliwild; savage; feral
2Old Swedishviller—

Words derived from “villikarju”

Every word from Proto-Finnic karjudak →Every word from Finnish karjua →Every word from Finnish karju →