Where does “ruuvipumppu” come from?

ruuvipumppu (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...

ruuvipumppu (Finnish): screw pump

Definitions

  1. screw pump

Ancestry of “ruuvipumppu”, step by step

ruuvipumppu 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 ruuvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuviscrew
2Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →