Where does “puhelinyhdistys” come from?

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

puhelinyhdistys (Finnish): telephone company, telephone association

Definitions

  1. telephone company, telephone association

Ancestry of “puhelinyhdistys”, step by step

puhelinyhdistys 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 yhdistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhdistysassociation
2Finnishyhdistääto connect, join, combine; to unite; to conflate
3Finnish-istaa-ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,...
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →