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Where does “puhallus” come from?

puhallus (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhaltaa, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.

puhallus (Finnish): blowing

Definitions

  1. blowing

Ancestry of “puhallus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuhaltaaTo blow; To blow on, play, sound; Third-person...
2FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
3Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
4Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

Words derived from “puhallus”

  • puhallusputki
  • puhallussoitin
  • hiekkapuhallus
  • puhalluselvytys
  • puhalluskoe
  • puhallushiekka
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