Where does “valkopääsirkku” come from?

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

valkopääsirkku (Finnish): white-headed brushfinch, Atlapetes albiceps

Definitions

  1. white-headed brushfinch, Atlapetes albiceps

Ancestry of “valkopääsirkku”, step by step

valkopääsirkku 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 pää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäähead; end, tip
2Proto-Finnicpäähead
3Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Latin Sergius →Every word from Ancient Greek Σέργιος →Every word from Russian Серге́й →