Where does “puhelinsalaisuus” come from?

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

puhelinsalaisuus (Finnish): confidentiality over the telephone

Definitions

  1. confidentiality over the telephone

Ancestry of “puhelinsalaisuus”, step by step

puhelinsalaisuus 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 salaisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsalaisuussecret
2Finnishsalainensecret, clandestine; arcane
3FinnishsalaA secret
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
5Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →