I've been banging away at this problem and I don't think the problem is at the ODBC level but LOs attempts to generate SQL statements correctly.
I don't have the wherewithal to isolate the problem further than to have seen an error in the code (sqllite SQL request string) so I'm trying to simplify an example with a subform but that's about the best I can do at the moment.
Let's get this out of the way:
/*Before anyone states the obvious, the example I'm using is /NOT/ in need of rewriting, it is an example to prove that there's a problem. It is a vastly simplified version of a much larger form I was in the process of building.*/
In short. I simplified the problem so that it is one table that points to another and it's a one-to-many relationship. The example is a computer model pointing to installed models.
The LO SQL generated has a strange reference to a link in it that makes no sense from a SQL point of view.
As far as I can tell the error comes from LO. It is well within reason that the problem is caused by my incorrect design but it seems a stretch at this point.
Here's the SQL statement (reformatted) I got in the trace of the ODBC library call:
SELECT
"SystemModels"."SystemModel" AS "SystemModel",
"SystemModels"."SystemMfg" AS "SystemMfg",
"SystemModels"."SystemMfgName" AS "SystemMfgName"
FROM
"SystemModels" "SystemModels"
WHERE
( "SystemModels"."SystemModel" =:link_from_SystemModel )
That last line has the problem. 
I'm going to do some tests to see if it really is my form that is causing it but that seems like a stretch.
Passing this on for general knowledge and in an effort to help others.