Where does “viitasirkkalintu” come from?
viitasirkkalintu (Finnish) comes from Finnish viita, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
viitasirkkalintu (Finnish): river warbler
Definitions
- river warbler
Ancestry of “viitasirkkalintu”, step by step
viitasirkkalintu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viita | A thicket of young deciduous trees |
| 2 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 3 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish sirkkalintu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sirkkalintu | grass warbler bird in the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | sirkka | cricket; Synonym of sirkkalehti |
| 3 | Russian | Серге́й | Sergius |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Σέργιος | — |
| 5 | Latin | Sergius | — |