Where does “puhelinlasku” come from?

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

puhelinlasku (Finnish): phone bill

Definitions

  1. phone bill

Ancestry of “puhelinlasku”, step by step

puhelinlasku 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 lasku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskudescent, an instance of descending, sliding down...
2Voticlaskõato let go, let loose, release
3Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
4Proto-Uraliclaćke-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →