Where does “epäonnistua” come from?

epäonnistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish onnistua, from Finnish onnistaa, from Finnish onni, from Proto-Finnic onni — luck.

epäonnistua (Finnish): to fail, to be unsuccessful

Definitions

  1. to fail, to be unsuccessful

Ancestry of “epäonnistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnistuato manage, succeed
2Finnishonnistaato have good luck or fortune; to luck in, luck out
3Finnishonnihappiness; luck
4Proto-Finniconniluck

Words derived from “epäonnistua”

Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →Every word from Finnish onnistaa →