Where does “puhelinherätys” come from?

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

puhelinherätys (Finnish): wake-up call telephone service

Definitions

  1. wake-up call telephone service

Ancestry of “puhelinherätys”, step by step

puhelinherätys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhelintelephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...
2FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

via Finnish herätys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishherätyswake-up, awakening; revival, awakening; reveille
2Finnishherättääto wake up, awake(n)
3Finnishherätäto awake, to wake up, to awaken; to arise, to be...
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudakEvery word from Finnish puhua
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