Where does “junaonnettomuus” come from?

junaonnettomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish onnettomuus, from Finnish onneton, from Finnish onni, from Proto-Finnic onni — luck.

junaonnettomuus (Finnish): train accident

Definitions

  1. train accident

Ancestry of “junaonnettomuus”, step by step

junaonnettomuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onnettomuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnettomuusaccident; misfortune; unhappiness, miserableness,...
2Finnishonnetonunhappy; miserable; wretched
3Finnishonnihappiness; luck
4Proto-Finniconniluck

via Finnish juna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →Every word from Finnish onneton →
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