Where does “yhdyssanavirhe” come from?

yhdyssanavirhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhdyssana, from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

yhdyssanavirhe (Finnish): a grammatical error in which the words that make up a compound word are written separately, or one where words that aren't supposed to go together are mistakenly written as a compound word

Definitions

  1. a grammatical error in which the words that make up a compound word are written separately, or one where words that aren't supposed to go together are mistakenly written as a compound word

Ancestry of “yhdyssanavirhe”, step by step

yhdyssanavirhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhdyssana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdyssanacompound word, compound, often: compound noun
2Finnishsanaword; Word, Scripture; lesson
3Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
4Finnishluokkishaft bow
5Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankásEvery word from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ