Where does “yhteensattuma” come from?

yhteensattuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish sattuma, from Finnish sattua, from Proto-Finnic sattudak — to happen by chance.

yhteensattuma (Finnish): coincidence

Definitions

  1. coincidence

Ancestry of “yhteensattuma”, step by step

yhteensattuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sattuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsattumachance, coincidence, happenstance
2Finnishsattuato hurt, be sore physically or mentally
3Proto-Finnicsattudakto happen by chance

via Finnish yhteen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishyhteenIllative singular form of yksi; together
Every word from Proto-Finnic sattudak →Every word from Finnish sattua →Every word from Finnish sattuma →