Where does “pumpi” come from?

pumpi (Esperanto) comes from English pump, from Middle English pumpe, from Middle Low German pumpe, from Middle Dutch pompe — device for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

pumpi (Esperanto): to pump

Definitions

  1. to pump

Ancestry of “pumpi”, step by step

pumpi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpumpA device for moving or compressing a liquid or...
2Middle Englishpumpe—
3Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
4Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

via German pumpen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpumpento pump
2GermanPumpepump; heart

Words derived from “pumpi”

Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →