Where does “puhelinkeräys” come from?

puhelinkeräys (Finnish) comes from Finnish keräys, from Finnish kerätä, from Finnish -ata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

puhelinkeräys (Finnish): telethon

Definitions

  1. telethon

Ancestry of “puhelinkeräys”, step by step

puhelinkeräys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keräys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeräysan act of collecting; fundraising
2Finnishkerätäto collect, gather, accumulate; to pick
3Finnish-ataDerives verbs
4Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
5Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
6Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish puhelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhelintelephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...
2FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish -ata →