Where does “puhelinkone” come from?

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

puhelinkone (Finnish): telephone apparatus, telephone machine

Definitions

  1. telephone apparatus, telephone machine

Ancestry of “puhelinkone”, step by step

puhelinkone 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 kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudakEvery word from Finnish puhua
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