Where does “haulipommi” come from?

haulipommi (Finnish) comes from Finnish pommi, from Swedish bomb, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus, from Ancient Greek βόμβος — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

haulipommi (Finnish): a bomb with metal balls or shot around the explosive

Definitions

  1. a bomb with metal balls or shot around the explosive

Ancestry of “haulipommi”, step by step

haulipommi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pommi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpommibomb
2Swedishbomba bomb
3Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
4Italianbombabomb
5Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
6LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
7Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via Finnish hauli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaulismall shot
2Old Swedishhaghl—
3Proto-Germanichaglazhail; name of the H-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰlospebble, hail
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →