Where does “hukkareissu” come from?

hukkareissu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hukka, from Proto-Finnic hukka — loss; ruin, destruction.

hukkareissu (Finnish): wild-goose chase

Definitions

  1. wild-goose chase

Ancestry of “hukkareissu”, step by step

hukkareissu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhukkawaste, loss; often used as head of compound...
2Proto-Finnichukkaloss; ruin, destruction

via Finnish reissu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishreissuA trip
2Swedishreis(u)—
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