Where does “harhautus” come from?
harhautus (Finnish) comes from Finnish harhauttaa, from Finnish -uttaa, from Ingrian -ua, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
harhautus (Finnish): diversion tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action
Definitions
- diversion tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action
Ancestry of “harhautus”, step by step
harhautus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish harhauttaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harhauttaa | to deceive, mislead |
| 2 | Finnish | -uttaa | aivastaa + API → aivastuttaa; rakentaa + API →... |
| 3 | Ingrian | -ua | Used to form inchoative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |