Where does “kantopommi” come from?

kantopommi (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,...

kantopommi (Finnish): explosive used to blow up tree stumps

Definitions

  1. explosive used to blow up tree stumps

Ancestry of “kantopommi”, step by step

kantopommi 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 kanto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkantostump, tree stump
2Finnishkantaato carry, bear; to carry, be carried, reach; to...
3Proto-Finnickantadakto carry
4Proto-Uralickanta-to carry, to transport
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
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