Where does “onnenkalu” come from?

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

onnenkalu (Finnish): good-luck charm

Definitions

  1. good-luck charm

Ancestry of “onnenkalu”, step by step

onnenkalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck

via Finnish kalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaluphysical thing, object, tool; penis
Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →