Where does “mäntäpumppu” come from?

mäntäpumppu (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...

mäntäpumppu (Finnish): piston pump

Definitions

  1. piston pump

Ancestry of “mäntäpumppu”, step by step

mäntäpumppu 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 mäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntäpiston; Synonym of härkin
2Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →