Where does “sauvasirkka” come from?

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

sauvasirkka (Finnish): stick insect

Definitions

  1. stick insect

Ancestry of “sauvasirkka”, step by step

sauvasirkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirkka

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

via Finnish sauva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsauvawand, staff, stick, rod; ski pole; rod cell
2Proto-Finnicsauvastaff, stick
3Proto-Finno-Ugricśawŋa—
Every word from Latin Sergius →Every word from Ancient Greek Σέργιος →Every word from Russian Серге́й →