Where does “onnenpekka” come from?

onnenpekka (Finnish) comes from Finnish Pekka, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak.

onnenpekka (Finnish): lucky duck, lucky dog, lucky devil, happy camper;...

Definitions

  1. lucky duck, lucky dog, lucky devil, happy camper;...

Ancestry of “onnenpekka”, step by step

onnenpekka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Pekka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPekkaa Finnish male given name
2LatinPetrusPeter
3Indonesianpenembakshooter
4Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
5Malaytembakto shoot
6MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
7Proto-Malayictimbak—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →Every word from Proto-Malayic timbak →Every word from Malay timbak →