Where does “kokopuomi” come from?
kokopuomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish puomi, from Swedish bom, from Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm, from Proto-West Germanic baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
kokopuomi (Finnish): full-length boom barrier, full-length bar gate a boom barrier or bar gate that extends all the way across the road
Definitions
- full-length boom barrier, full-length bar gate a boom barrier or bar gate that extends all the way across the road
Ancestry of “kokopuomi”, step by step
kokopuomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puomi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puomi | barrier; boom; balance beam |
| 2 | Swedish | bom | barrier; miss, failure to hit; boom |
| 3 | Middle Low German | bôm | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | bōm | tree |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |