Where does “puhumaton” come from?

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

puhumaton (Finnish): speechless, mute; Negative participle of puhua

Definitions

  1. speechless, mute; Negative participle of puhua

Ancestry of “puhumaton”, step by step

puhumaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
2Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
3Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

via Finnish maton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmatonGenitive singular form of matto

Words derived from “puhumaton”

Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →