Where does “povipommi” come from?

povipommi (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,...

povipommi (Finnish): attractive big-breasted woman; bombshell

Definitions

  1. attractive big-breasted woman; bombshell

Ancestry of “povipommi”, step by step

povipommi 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 povi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpovibosom, breast; bosom of a seine
2Proto-Finnic*pouvibosom, breast
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →