Etymology

Formed with the suffix -nko from a root of unknown origin, for which proposed etymologies include:

  • from earlier *auderinko, derived from auer.
  • from a Baltic language (compare Lithuanian aušrà (“dawn”)).

Originally an innovation of the western dialects of Finnish (replacing päivä). Attested in written sources since the 1500s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯riŋko/, [ˈɑ̝u̯riŋko̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑuriŋko
  • Hyphenation(key): au‧rin‧ko

Noun

aurinko

  1. the Sun
    Synonyms: (colloquial) arska, (archaic) päivä
  2. a sun
  3. (in compounds) solar, sun-, helio-

lähde