Where does “ilmanpuhallin” come from?

ilmanpuhallin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhallin, from Finnish puhaltaa, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.

ilmanpuhallin (Finnish): air blower, air fan

Definitions

  1. air blower, air fan

Ancestry of “ilmanpuhallin”, step by step

ilmanpuhallin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhallin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhallinblower, a device that blows; wind instrument
2FinnishpuhaltaaTo blow; To blow on, play, sound; Third-person...
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

via Finnish Ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishIlmaair
2Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
3Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-
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