Where does “aurinkosuodin” come from?

aurinkosuodin (Finnish) comes from Finnish suodin, from Finnish suotaa, from Proto-Samic suoδëtēk — to hiss.

aurinkosuodin (Finnish): solar filter

Definitions

  1. solar filter

Ancestry of “aurinkosuodin”, step by step

aurinkosuodin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suodin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuodinfilter; First-person singular indicative past...
2Finnishsuotaato leak; to filter out
3Proto-Samicsuoδëtēkto hiss

via Finnish aurinko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaurinkothe Sun
Every word from Proto-Samic suoδëtēk