Where does “pensassirkkalintu” come from?

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

pensassirkkalintu (Finnish): common grasshopper warbler

Definitions

  1. common grasshopper warbler

Ancestry of “pensassirkkalintu”, step by step

pensassirkkalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirkkalintu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirkkalintugrass warbler bird in the genus
2Finnishsirkkacricket; Synonym of sirkkalehti
3RussianСерге́йSergius
4Ancient GreekΣέργιος
5LatinSergius

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa
Every word from Latin SergiusEvery word from Ancient Greek ΣέργιοςEvery word from Russian Серге́й
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