Where does “hätäpuhelu” come from?
hätäpuhelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhelu, from Finnish puhella, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.
hätäpuhelu (Finnish): emergency call
Ancestry of “hätäpuhelu”, step by step
hätäpuhelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhelu | talk, conversation; used especially in compound... |
| 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 |