Where does “puhelinpalvelu” come from?

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

puhelinpalvelu (Finnish): telephone service

Definitions

  1. telephone service

Ancestry of “puhelinpalvelu”, step by step

puhelinpalvelu 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 palvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalveluservice
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudakEvery word from Finnish puhua
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