Where does “onnettomuuskone” come from?

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

onnettomuuskone (Finnish): An airplane involved in an accident

Definitions

  1. An airplane involved in an accident

Ancestry of “onnettomuuskone”, step by step

onnettomuuskone 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 kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →Every word from Finnish onneton →