Where does “jättiläissirkkalintu” come from?
jättiläissirkkalintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish jättiläinen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
jättiläissirkkalintu (Finnish): Gray's grasshopper warbler, Gray's warbler, Helopsaltes fasciolatus species of grass warbler
Definitions
- Gray's grasshopper warbler, Gray's warbler, Helopsaltes fasciolatus species of grass warbler
Ancestry of “jättiläissirkkalintu”, step by step
jättiläissirkkalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jättiläinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jättiläinen | A giant; An ogre; giant, gigantic; sometimes also... |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish sirkkalintu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sirkkalintu | grass warbler bird in the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | sirkka | cricket; Synonym of sirkkalehti |
| 3 | Russian | Серге́й | Sergius |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Σέργιος | — |
| 5 | Latin | Sergius | — |