Where does “jalkapumppu” come from?

jalkapumppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pumppu, from Swedish pump, from German Pumpe, from Middle Low German pumpe, from Middle Dutch pompe — device for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

jalkapumppu (Finnish): foot pump

Definitions

  1. foot pump

Ancestry of “jalkapumppu”, step by step

jalkapumppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pumppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumppupump; heart
2Swedishpumpa pump
3GermanPumpepump; heart
4Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
5Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

via Finnish jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →