Where does “onnettomuus” come from?

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

onnettomuus (Finnish): accident; misfortune; unhappiness, miserableness,...

Definitions

  1. accident; misfortune; unhappiness, miserableness,...

Ancestry of “onnettomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnetonunhappy; miserable; wretched
2Finnishonnihappiness; luck
3Proto-Finniconniluck

Words derived from “onnettomuus

Every word from Proto-Finnic onniEvery word from Finnish onniEvery word from Finnish onneton