Where does “onnenpensas” come from?

onnenpensas (Finnish) comes from Finnish pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensas, from Proto-Finnic pensa.

onnenpensas (Finnish): forsythia

Definitions

  1. forsythia

Ancestry of “onnenpensas”, step by step

onnenpensas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pensas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpensasbush; shrub
2Proto-Finnicpensasbush
3Proto-Finnicpensa—

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck
Every word from Proto-Finnic pensa →Every word from Proto-Finnic pensas →Every word from Finnish pensas →