Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/cika

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From earlier *tika, as a part of the old layer of agricultural terminology in the more western Uralic languages whose origin remains unclear. Generally considered to be related at least to the words for "pig" in the Mordvinic languages (Erzya туво (tuvo), Moksha тува (tuva)), although the sound correspondences are not entirely regular. According to Koivulehto, the word might be a loanword from Proto-West Germanic *tigā (“goat”) (whence German Ziege), but this remains uncertain due to the semantic difference (compare however *lehmä). Another possibility is an old borrowing from Balto-Slavic from the same word whence Proto-Slavic *dikъ (“wild animal, especially a wild boar”), in which case the word would be cognate with Polish dzik (“wild boar”) and possibly Laconian Ancient Greek σίκα (síka, “pig”).

*cika^[1]

1. pig

• Estonian: siga
• Finnish: sika
• Ingrian: sika
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: šika
  • South Karelian: šiga
• Livonian: sigā
• Livvi: siga
• Ludian: šiga
• Veps: siga
• Võro: tsiga
• Votic: sika
• → Inari Sami: šahe
• → Skolt Sami: šââ´ǩǩ
• → Kildin Sami: шагкь (šagk’)
• → Ter Sami: šâkke
• → Russian: (dialectal) сика (sika), жижка (žižka)