Where does “räjähdyspommi” come from?

räjähdyspommi (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,...

räjähdyspommi (Finnish): high-explosive bomb

Definitions

  1. high-explosive bomb

Ancestry of “räjähdyspommi”, step by step

räjähdyspommi 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 räjähdys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräjähdysexplosion
2Finnishräjähtääto explode, burst, blow up; to detonate; to blow...
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