Where does “kettusirkku” come from?

kettusirkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish Sirkku, from Finnish Sirkka, from Finnish sirkka, from Russian Серге́й, from Ancient Greek Σέργιος, from Latin Sergius.

kettusirkku (Finnish): fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca

Definitions

  1. fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca

Ancestry of “kettusirkku”, step by step

kettusirkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Sirkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSirkkuemberizid bird of the family
2FinnishSirkkacricket insect of the family
3Finnishsirkkacricket; Synonym of sirkkalehti
4RussianСерге́йSergius
5Ancient GreekΣέργιος—
6LatinSergius—

via Finnish kettu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkettured fox; fox; Euphemistic form of vittu
2Finnishkettää—
3FinnishkesiThe thin outer layer of skin; Third-person...
4Proto-Finnickeciouter skin
5Proto-Uralickeδ́e—
Every word from Latin Sergius →Every word from Ancient Greek Σέργιος →Every word from Russian Серге́й →