Where does “suuronnettomuus” come from?

suuronnettomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish suur-, from Finnish suuri, from Proto-Finnic suuri, from Proto-Germanic stūra-.

suuronnettomuus (Finnish): a large-scale disaster with a great number of casualties and material destruction, a calamity, catastrophe

Definitions

  1. a large-scale disaster with a great number of casualties and material destruction, a calamity, catastrophe

Ancestry of “suuronnettomuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuur-great, grand, major, macro-
2Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
3Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
4Proto-Germanicstūra-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stūra- →Every word from Proto-Finnic suuri →Every word from Finnish suuri →