Where does “harhasoitto” come from?

harhasoitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish soitto, from Finnish soittaa, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

harhasoitto (Finnish): misdialing

Definitions

  1. misdialing

Ancestry of “harhasoitto”, step by step

harhasoitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish soitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittomusic; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell
2Finnishsoittaato play; to phone, call; to ring, toll
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish harha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharhaillusion, delusion, hallucination, chimera,...
2FinnishharhaanIllative singular form of harha; astray, amiss
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-