I'm not sure what Finnish word you are referring to. The word for telephone, however, is not a compound word, and it's even quite succinct. You can see the etym

I'm not sure what Finnish word you are referring to. The word for telephone, however, is not a compound word, and it's even quite succinct. You can see the etymology here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-in#Etymology_6 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-in#Etymology_6