Where does “pumpetti” come from?
pumpetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pipetti, from French pipette, from French pipe, from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan — I pip, peep.
pumpetti (Finnish): pipette bulb, pipette pump
Definitions
- pipette bulb, pipette pump
Ancestry of “pumpetti”, step by step
pumpetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pipetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pipetti | pipette |
| 2 | French | pipette | pipette |
| 3 | French | pipe | tobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol |
| 4 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 5 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 6 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 7 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 10 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |