Where does “palosirkka” come from?

palosirkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish sirkka, from Russian Серге́й, from Ancient Greek Σέργιος, from Latin Sergius.

palosirkka (Finnish): rattle grasshopper

Definitions

  1. rattle grasshopper

Ancestry of “palosirkka”, step by step

palosirkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirkkacricket; Synonym of sirkkalehti
2RussianСерге́йSergius
3Ancient GreekΣέργιος
4LatinSergius

via Finnish Palo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPaloname of many small places in Finland
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*palo
Every word from Latin SergiusEvery word from Ancient Greek ΣέργιοςEvery word from Russian Серге́й