Where does “valehuippu” come from?

valehuippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vale-, from Finnish vale, from Proto-Finnic valeh, from Persian واله — enamored, distraught (e.g. with love).

valehuippu (Finnish): false summit, false peak minor peak or shoulder on a mountain which appears, when approached from below, to be the principal summit

Definitions

  1. false summit, false peak minor peak or shoulder on a mountain which appears, when approached from below, to be the principal summit

Ancestry of “valehuippu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvale-false, pseudo-
2FinnishvaleA lie; an untruth; a fabrication; As modifier in...
3Proto-Finnicvalehlie, untruth
4Persianوالهenamored, distraught (e.g. with love)
Every word from Persian واله →Every word from Finnish vale- →Every word from Proto-Finnic valeh →