Where does “puhelinkoppi” come from?

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

puhelinkoppi (Finnish): phone booth

Definitions

  1. phone booth

Ancestry of “puhelinkoppi”, step by step

puhelinkoppi 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 koppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkoppismall hut or cell; doghouse; booth
2Finnishkoppabasket; koppa
3Ancient GreekκόππαAlternative form of ϙόππα
4Ancient Greekϙόππαqoppa, an archaic letter Ϙ, ϙ of the Ancient...
5Phoenician𐤒qoph; qop
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →