Where does “puhelinmaksu” come from?

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

puhelinmaksu (Finnish): telephone charge, telephone fee, telephone payment

Definitions

  1. telephone charge, telephone fee, telephone payment

Ancestry of “puhelinmaksu”, step by step

puhelinmaksu 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 maksu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaksufee; payment
2Finnishmaksaato cost; to pay; to pay back, repay
3Proto-Finnicmaksadakto cost; to pay
4Proto-Finno-Permicmaksa-
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudakEvery word from Finnish puhua