Where does “puhelinyhteys” come from?

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

puhelinyhteys (Finnish): telephone connection

Definitions

  1. telephone connection

Ancestry of “puhelinyhteys”, step by step

puhelinyhteys 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 yhteys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhteysconnection; access, connection; contact
2Finnishyksione
3Proto-Finnicükcione
4Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →