Where does “harhapolku” come from?
harhapolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
harhapolku (Finnish): tangent nearly unrelated topic
Definitions
- tangent nearly unrelated topic
Ancestry of “harhapolku”, step by step
harhapolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish polku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish harha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harha | illusion, delusion, hallucination, chimera,... |
| 2 | Finnish | harhaan | Illative singular form of harha; astray, amiss |