Where does “onnenapila” come from?

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

onnenapila (Finnish): iron cross, lucky clover, four-leaf sorrel,...

Definitions

  1. iron cross, lucky clover, four-leaf sorrel,...

Ancestry of “onnenapila”, step by step

onnenapila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck

via Finnish apila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapilaclover
Every word from Proto-Finnic onniEvery word from Finnish onni