Where does “puhelinsoitto” come from?

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

puhelinsoitto (Finnish): A telephone call

Definitions

  1. A telephone call

Ancestry of “puhelinsoitto”, step by step

puhelinsoitto 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 soitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoittomusic; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell
2Finnishsoittaato play; to phone, call; to ring, toll
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše-Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudakEvery word from Finnish puhua