Where does “kaiutinpuhelin” come from?

kaiutinpuhelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhelin, from Finnish puhella, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.

kaiutinpuhelin (Finnish): speakerphone

Definitions

  1. speakerphone

Ancestry of “kaiutinpuhelin”, step by step

kaiutinpuhelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhelintelephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...
2FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

via Finnish kaiutin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaiutinspeaker, loudspeaker
2FinnishkaiuttaaTo make something reverberate/echo
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →