Where does “pommikuoppa” come from?

pommikuoppa (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,...

pommikuoppa (Finnish): bomb crater hole created by the explosion of a bomb or an artillery shell

Definitions

  1. bomb crater hole created by the explosion of a bomb or an artillery shell

Ancestry of “pommikuoppa”, step by step

pommikuoppa 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 kuoppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuoppapit; pothole
2Proto-Finnickooppapit
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo
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