Where does “ruokosirkkalintu” come from?

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

ruokosirkkalintu (Finnish): Savi's warbler, Locustella luscinioides

Definitions

  1. Savi's warbler, Locustella luscinioides

Ancestry of “ruokosirkkalintu”, step by step

ruokosirkkalintu 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 ruoko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokoreed, cane
2Proto-Finnicrookoreed
3Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
4Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Latin Sergius →Every word from Ancient Greek Σέργιος →Every word from Russian Серге́й →