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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