Where does “betonipilari” come from?

betonipilari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilari, from Finnish pilapuhelu, from Finnish puhelu, from Finnish puhella, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.

betonipilari (Finnish): concrete pillar

Definitions

  1. concrete pillar

Ancestry of “betonipilari”, step by step

betonipilari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilaripillar, column; prank call
2Finnishpilapuheluprank call
3Finnishpuhelutalk, conversation; used especially in compound...
4FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
5FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
6Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
7Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

via Finnish betoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbetoniconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →