Where does “aurinkokurki” come from?

aurinkokurki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurki, from Proto-Finnic kurki, from Proto-Uralic kurke — crane.

aurinkokurki (Finnish): sunbittern

Definitions

  1. sunbittern

Ancestry of “aurinkokurki”, step by step

aurinkokurki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkicrane, "Grus grus"; Any bird of the family...
2Proto-Finnickurkicrane
3Proto-Uralickurkecrane

via Finnish aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun
Every word from Proto-Uralic kurke →Every word from Proto-Finnic kurki →Every word from Finnish kurki →