Where does “sirkkalehti” come from?

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

sirkkalehti (Finnish): cotyledon

Definitions

  1. cotyledon

Ancestry of “sirkkalehti”, step by step

sirkkalehti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirkka

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

via Finnish Lehti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Latin Sergius →Every word from Ancient Greek Σέργιος →Every word from Russian Серге́й →