Where does “сверчок” come from?
сверчок (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic свьрчькъ, from Proto-Slavic svьrčь, from Proto-Slavic -ъ, from Proto-Indo-European -om, from Proto-Indo-European -o-.
сверчок (Russian): cricket; grass warbler
Ancestry of “сверчок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | свьрчькъ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | svьrčь | cricket |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъ | *poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -o- | — |