Where does “mainosrumpu” come from?

mainosrumpu (Finnish) comes from Finnish rumpu, from Old Swedish trumba.

mainosrumpu (Finnish): a figurative drum beat for advertising often used in expressions in which beating the drum is a figurative way of expressing the degree to which something is advertised

Definitions

  1. a figurative drum beat for advertising often used in expressions in which beating the drum is a figurative way of expressing the degree to which something is advertised

Ancestry of “mainosrumpu”, step by step

mainosrumpu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrumpudrum; cylinder; underpass built under e.g. roads...
2Old Swedishtrumba—

via Finnish mainos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainosadvertisement
2Finnishmainoa—
Every word from Old Swedish trumba →Every word from Finnish rumpu →