Where does “harharetki” come from?

harharetki (Finnish) comes from Finnish harha, from Finnish harhaan — Illative singular form of harha; astray, amiss.

harharetki (Finnish): excursion, digression, aberration, odyssey, wandering

Definitions

  1. excursion, digression, aberration, odyssey, wandering

Ancestry of “harharetki”, step by step

harharetki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harha

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

via Finnish retki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkitrip; expedition
Every word from Finnish harhaanEvery word from Finnish harha