Where does “auringonnousu” come from?

auringonnousu (Finnish) comes from Finnish nousu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

auringonnousu (Finnish): sunrise

Definitions

  1. sunrise

Ancestry of “auringonnousu”, step by step

auringonnousu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nousu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnousurise; ascent; thread pitch, pitch
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish nousu →