Where does “harhapäätelmä” come from?

harhapäätelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish päätelmä, from Finnish päättää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

harhapäätelmä (Finnish): fallacious conclusion, mistaken conclusion

Definitions

  1. fallacious conclusion, mistaken conclusion

Ancestry of “harhapäätelmä”, step by step

harhapäätelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish päätelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäätelmäconclusion, deduction
2Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish harha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharhaillusion, delusion, hallucination, chimera,...
2FinnishharhaanIllative singular form of harha; astray, amiss
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