Where does “viidakkopuhelin” come from?

viidakkopuhelin (Finnish) comes from Finnish viidakko, from Finnish viita, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Ancestry of “viidakkopuhelin”, step by step

viidakkopuhelin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viidakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviidakkothicket; jungle
2FinnishviitaA thicket of young deciduous trees
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

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-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →