Finnish word puhelin comes from Finnish puhella ((intransitive) To chatter.), Finnish -in

Detailed word origin of puhelin

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
puhella	Finnish (fin)	(intransitive) To chatter.
-in	Finnish (fin)	Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn. Instructive case suffix. (poetic) A variant for the first-person singular possessive suffix -ni. (rare) Forms the genitive plural. Forms superlative adjectives. Forms inanimate instrumental nouns from verbs.
puhelin	Finnish (fin)	Short for. Telephone, phone.

Words with the same origin as puhelin