Where does “onnettomuushetki” come from?

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

onnettomuushetki (Finnish): The moment when an accident takes place

Definitions

  1. The moment when an accident takes place

Ancestry of “onnettomuushetki”, step by step

onnettomuushetki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onnettomuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnettomuusaccident; misfortune; unhappiness, miserableness,...
2Finnishonnetonunhappy; miserable; wretched
3Finnishonnihappiness; luck
4Proto-Finniconniluck

via Finnish hetki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhetkimoment; moment, minute
2Proto-Finnichetkimoment
3Proto-Uralicčäčke—
Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →Every word from Finnish onneton →