Where does “puhelija” come from?

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

puhelija (Finnish): chatter, chatterer

Definitions

  1. chatter, chatterer

Ancestry of “puhelija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
2FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
3Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
4Proto-Uralicpuše-blow
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →