Where does “puhelinmuistio” come from?

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

puhelinmuistio (Finnish): telephone index book, telephone notebook, telephone notepad, address book for telephone numbers

Definitions

  1. telephone index book, telephone notebook, telephone notepad, address book for telephone numbers

Ancestry of “puhelinmuistio”, step by step

puhelinmuistio 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 muistio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuistiomemorandum, memo
2Finnishmuistimemory; Third-person singular past form of...
3Finnishmuistaato remember, recall, recollect; Third-person...
4Proto-Finnicmuistadakto understand
5Proto-Finno-Ugricmuja-to touch, feel
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudakEvery word from Finnish puhua