Where does “kovaonninen” come from?

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

kovaonninen (Finnish): hapless

Definitions

  1. hapless

Ancestry of “kovaonninen”, step by step

kovaonninen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck

via Finnish kova

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkovahard; strict, harsh, severe, unfriendly, hard,...
2Proto-Finnickovahard
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