Finnish word puhelin comes from Finnish puhella ((intransitive) To chatter.), Finnish -in
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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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. |