Where does “pommituskone” come from?

pommituskone (Finnish) comes from Finnish pommitus, from Finnish pommittaa, from Finnish pommi, from Swedish bomb, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

pommituskone (Finnish): bomber

Definitions

  1. bomber

Ancestry of “pommituskone”, step by step

pommituskone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pommitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpommitusbombing
2FinnishpommittaaTo bomb; To bombard
3Finnishpommibomb
4Swedishbomba bomb
5Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
6Italianbombabomb
7Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
8LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
9Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →