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

Definitions

  1. cricket; grass warbler

Ancestry of “сверчок”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicсвьрчькъ—
2Proto-Slavicsvьrčьcricket
3Proto-Slavic-ъ*poteťi → *potokъ; *teťi → *tokъ; *gňiti →...
4Proto-Indo-European-omemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
5Proto-Indo-European-o-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -o- →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic svьrčь →