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Where does “puhaltaja” come from?

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

puhaltaja (Finnish): blower, one who blows

Definitions

  1. blower, one who blows

Ancestry of “puhaltaja”, 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 “puhaltaja”

  • lasinpuhaltaja
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →