Where does “rintapumppu” come from?

rintapumppu (Finnish) comes 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...

rintapumppu (Finnish): breast pump

Definitions

  1. breast pump

Ancestry of “rintapumppu”, step by step

rintapumppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pumppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumppupump; heart
2Swedishpumpa pump
3GermanPumpepump; heart
4Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
5Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

via Finnish rinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrintabreast; chest, especially the front side of it
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →Every word from Middle Low German pumpe →Every word from German Pumpe →