Where does “kriisipuhelin” come from?

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

kriisipuhelin (Finnish): crisis telephone

Definitions

  1. crisis telephone

Ancestry of “kriisipuhelin”, step by step

kriisipuhelin 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 kriisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkriisicrisis
2Swedishkriscrisis
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →