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Where does “siga” come from?

siga (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic cika, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

siga (Veps): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “siga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniccikapig
2Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
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