Where does “kirjepommi” come from?

kirjepommi (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,...

kirjepommi (Finnish): letter bomb, mail bomb

Definitions

  1. letter bomb, mail bomb

Ancestry of “kirjepommi”, step by step

kirjepommi 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 kirje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjeletter
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →