Where does “hylkäysvirhe” come from?

hylkäysvirhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish hylkäys, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

hylkäysvirhe (Finnish): type I error, error of the first kind

Definitions

  1. type I error, error of the first kind

Ancestry of “hylkäysvirhe”, step by step

hylkäysvirhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hylkäys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhylkäysrejection, rejecting a plan, etc
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish hylkäys →