Where does “pumppuamo” come from?

pumppuamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish pumputa, from Finnish pumppu, from Swedish pump, from German Pumpe, from Middle Low German pumpe, from Middle Dutch pompe — device for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

pumppuamo (Finnish): pumping station

Definitions

  1. pumping station

Ancestry of “pumppuamo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpumputaTo pump
2Finnishpumppupump; heart
3Swedishpumpa pump
4GermanPumpepump; heart
5Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
6Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →