Where does “ydinonnettomuus” come from?
ydinonnettomuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish onnettomuus, from Finnish onneton, from Finnish onni, from Proto-Finnic onni — luck.
ydinonnettomuus (Finnish): nuclear accident, nuclear disaster
Definitions
- nuclear accident, nuclear disaster
Ancestry of “ydinonnettomuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | onnettomuus | accident; misfortune; unhappiness, miserableness,... |
| 2 | Finnish | onneton | unhappy; miserable; wretched |
| 3 | Finnish | onni | happiness; luck |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | onni | luck |