Where does “*ika-” come from?
*ika- (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian Sika-, from Finnish Sika, from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.
Ancestry of “*ika-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Austronesian | Sika- | — |
| 2 | Finnish | Sika | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | cika | pig |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | tigā | she-goat |