Where does “onnenkäpy” come from?

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

onnenkäpy (Finnish): Mexican shrimp plant, shrimp plant, false hop,...

Definitions

  1. Mexican shrimp plant, shrimp plant, false hop,...

Ancestry of “onnenkäpy”, step by step

onnenkäpy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck

via Finnish käpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäpyconifer's cone, strobilus
2Proto-Turkickäpä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →