Where does “puhelin” come from?

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

puhelin (Finnish): telephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...

Definitions

  1. telephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...

Ancestry of “puhelin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
2FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
3Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
4Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

Words derived from “puhelin

Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudakEvery word from Finnish puhua
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