Where does “ulkomaanpuhelu” come from?

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

ulkomaanpuhelu (Finnish): international phone call

Definitions

  1. international phone call

Ancestry of “ulkomaanpuhelu”, step by step

ulkomaanpuhelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhelutalk, conversation; used especially in compound...
2FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

via Finnish ulkomaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishulkomaaforeign country
2Voticmaaearth; soil; land
3Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
4Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →