Where does “harhakäsitys” come from?

harhakäsitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsitys, from Finnish käsittää, from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

harhakäsitys (Finnish): misconception, false belief, false idea, false...

Definitions

  1. misconception, false belief, false idea, false...

Ancestry of “harhakäsitys”, step by step

harhakäsitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsitysconception; impression; opinion, view, viewpoint
2Finnishkäsittääto grasp, catch, reach; to understand,...
3Finnishkäsihand; arm
4Finnishkahdeksaneight
5Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
6Proto-Finnickakcitwo
7Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish harha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharhaillusion, delusion, hallucination, chimera,...
2FinnishharhaanIllative singular form of harha; astray, amiss
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →