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

  1. nuclear accident, nuclear disaster

Ancestry of “ydinonnettomuus”, step by step

ydinonnettomuus 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 ydin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishydincore, kernel, the central part of something;...
2FriulianUdinUdine
3Arabicالدِّين—
Every word from Proto-Finnic onni →Every word from Finnish onni →Every word from Finnish onneton →