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Where does “epäonni” come from?

epäonni (Finnish) comes from Finnish onni, from Proto-Finnic onni — luck.

epäonni (Finnish): misfortune

Definitions

  1. misfortune

Ancestry of “epäonni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck
Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →