Where does “balkaninsieppo” come from?

balkaninsieppo (Finnish) comes from Finnish sieppo, from Finnish siepata — To snatch, to catch, to nab, to grab; To...

balkaninsieppo (Finnish): semi-collared flycatcher, Ficedula semitorquata

Definitions

  1. semi-collared flycatcher, Ficedula semitorquata

Ancestry of “balkaninsieppo”, step by step

balkaninsieppo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sieppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsieppoflycatcher, especially an Old World flycatcher
2FinnishsiepataTo snatch, to catch, to nab, to grab; To...

via Finnish Balkan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBalkan—
2Ottoman TurkishبالقانThe Balkan mountains
Every word from Finnish siepata →Every word from Finnish sieppo →