Where does “kenttäpuhelin” come from?

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

kenttäpuhelin (Finnish): field telephone, field phone

Definitions

  1. field telephone, field phone

Ancestry of “kenttäpuhelin”, step by step

kenttäpuhelin 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 kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →