Where does “pommiuhkaus” come from?

pommiuhkaus (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,...

pommiuhkaus (Finnish): bomb threat

Definitions

  1. bomb threat

Ancestry of “pommiuhkaus”, step by step

pommiuhkaus 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 uhkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuhkausthreat
2Finnishuhatato threaten menace, be dangerous (to)
3Finnishuhkathreat; threat, risk
4Proto-Finnicuhka
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo