Where does “onnistua” come from?

onnistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish onnistaa, from Finnish onni, from Proto-Finnic onni — luck.

onnistua (Finnish): to manage, succeed

Definitions

  1. to manage, succeed

Ancestry of “onnistua”, step by step

onnistua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish onnistaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnistaato have good luck or fortune; to luck in, luck out
2Finnishonnihappiness; luck
3Proto-Finniconniluck

via Ingrian onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianonniluck; happiness

Words derived from “onnistua”

Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →Every word from Finnish onnistaa →
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