Where does “hätäpuhelin” come from?
hätäpuhelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhelin, from Finnish puhella, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.
hätäpuhelin (Finnish): emergency phone; a phone that can call emergency services for free
Definitions
- emergency phone; a phone that can call emergency services for free
Ancestry of “hätäpuhelin”, step by step
hätäpuhelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhelin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhelin | telephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;... |
| 2 | Finnish | puhella | To chatter |
| 3 | Finnish | puhua | To talk; To speak |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | puhudak | to blow |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | puše- | blow |
via Finnish hätä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hätä | emergency; distress; need, necessity |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hätä | emergency; distress, agony |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | šätä | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sētō | place, position; lying in wait, ambush |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |