Where does “puh.” come from?

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

puh. (Finnish): tel

Definitions

  1. tel

Ancestry of “puh.”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhelinnumerotelephone number; number
2Finnishpuhelintelephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...
3FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
4FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
5Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
6Proto-Uralicpuše-blow
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →