Where does “pikkusirkku” come from?

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

pikkusirkku (Finnish): little bunting

Definitions

  1. little bunting

Ancestry of “pikkusirkku”, step by step

pikkusirkku 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 pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
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