Where does “mäntysirkku” come from?

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

mäntysirkku (Finnish): pine bunting, a bird

Definitions

  1. pine bunting, a bird

Ancestry of “mäntysirkku”, step by step

mäntysirkku 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 mänty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntypine; pine, pinewood; Scots pine, "Pinus...
2Proto-Finnicmäntüpine
3Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine
Every word from Latin SergiusEvery word from Ancient Greek ΣέργιοςEvery word from Russian Серге́й