Where does “onnenonginta” come from?

onnenonginta (Finnish) comes from Finnish onginta, from Finnish onkia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

onnenonginta (Finnish): fortune hunting

Definitions

  1. fortune hunting

Ancestry of “onnenonginta”, step by step

onnenonginta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onginta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishongintaangling
2FinnishonkiaTo angle, fish using a rod and line; Partitive...
3FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
4Finnishjaand; AND
5Proto-Finnicjaand
6Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
7Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Germanic-hwe
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw