Where does “hajuvirhe” come from?

hajuvirhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish haju, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *haju.

hajuvirhe (Finnish): smell defect

Definitions

  1. smell defect

Ancestry of “hajuvirhe”, step by step

hajuvirhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish haju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhajusmell, whiff; clue, slightest idea
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*haju—

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *haju →Every word from Finnish haju →