Where does “valkoposkisirkkunen” come from?

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

valkoposkisirkkunen (Finnish): lined seedeater, Sporophila lineola

Definitions

  1. lined seedeater, Sporophila lineola

Ancestry of “valkoposkisirkkunen”, step by step

valkoposkisirkkunen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirkkunen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirkkunenseedeater bird of the genus
2FinnishSirkkuemberizid bird of the family
3FinnishSirkkacricket insect of the family
4Finnishsirkkacricket; Synonym of sirkkalehti
5RussianСерге́йSergius
6Ancient GreekΣέργιος—
7LatinSergius—

via Finnish poski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishposkicheek
2Proto-Finnicposkicheek
3Proto-Uralicposkecheek
Every word from Latin Sergius →Every word from Ancient Greek Σέργιος →Every word from Russian Серге́й →