Where does “auringonsappi” come from?

auringonsappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish aurinko — the Sun.

auringonsappi (Finnish): sun dog, sundog, mock sun, phantom sun, parhelion

Definitions

  1. sun dog, sundog, mock sun, phantom sun, parhelion

Ancestry of “auringonsappi”, step by step

auringonsappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun

via Finnish säppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäppilatch
Every word from Finnish aurinko