Where does “viirusirkkalintu” come from?

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

viirusirkkalintu (Finnish): lanceolated warbler

Definitions

  1. lanceolated warbler

Ancestry of “viirusirkkalintu”, step by step

viirusirkkalintu 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 viiru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviirustreak, scratch
Every word from Latin Sergius →Every word from Ancient Greek Σέργιος →Every word from Russian Серге́й →