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