Where does “pomminkestävä” come from?

pomminkestävä (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,...

pomminkestävä (Finnish): bombproof

Definitions

  1. bombproof

Ancestry of “pomminkestävä”, step by step

pomminkestävä 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 kestävä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkestävädurable, lasting, long-lasting; sustainable;...
2Finnishkestääto cope, stand, withstand, endure, hold up; to...
3Proto-Finnickestädäkto last, endure
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