Where does “puhallinsoitin” come from?
puhallinsoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhallin, from Finnish puhaltaa, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.
puhallinsoitin (Finnish): wind instrument
Definitions
- wind instrument
Ancestry of “puhallinsoitin”, step by step
puhallinsoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puhallin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puhallin | blower, a device that blows; wind instrument |
| 2 | Finnish | puhaltaa | To blow; To blow on, play, sound; Third-person... |
| 3 | Finnish | puhua | To talk; To speak |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | puhudak | to blow |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | puše- | blow |
via Finnish soitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitin | musical instrument; player; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |