Where does “puhelintilaaja” come from?

puhelintilaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilaaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

puhelintilaaja (Finnish): telephone subscriber

Definitions

  1. telephone subscriber

Ancestry of “puhelintilaaja”, step by step

puhelintilaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tilaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilaajasubscriber
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish puhelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhelintelephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...
2FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →