Where does “puolipuomi” come from?
puolipuomi (Finnish) comes from Finnish puomi, from Swedish bom, from Middle Low German bôm, from Old Saxon bōm, from Proto-West Germanic baum, from Proto-Germanic baumaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
puolipuomi (Finnish): half-length boom barrier a boom barrier that only extends halfway across the road; designed to only block one lane on a two-lane road
Definitions
- half-length boom barrier a boom barrier that only extends halfway across the road; designed to only block one lane on a two-lane road
Ancestry of “puolipuomi”, step by step
puolipuomi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish puomi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puomi | barrier; boom; balance beam |
| 2 | Swedish | bom | barrier; miss, failure to hit; boom |
| 3 | Middle Low German | bôm | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | bōm | tree |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |