Where does “syöksypommittaja” come from?

syöksypommittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish pommittaja, from Finnish pommittaa, from Finnish pommi, from Swedish bomb, from French bombé, from Italian bomba, from Italian bombo, from Latin bombus — any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

syöksypommittaja (Finnish): dive bomber

Definitions

  1. dive bomber

Ancestry of “syöksypommittaja”, step by step

syöksypommittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pommittaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpommittajabomber
2FinnishpommittaaTo bomb; To bombard
3Finnishpommibomb
4Swedishbomba bomb
5Frenchbombérounded, convex; past participle of bomber
6Italianbombabomb
7Italianbombobumblebee; buzzing
8LatinbombusA buzz or humming sound
9Ancient Greekβόμβοςany deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing,...

via Finnish syöksy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsyöksyrush, swoop; dive; ejection
2Finnishsyöstäto throw, plunge; to spew out, belch
3Proto-Finnicsööstäkto push in, to plunge into; to spew, to boil over
4Proto-Finnic-stak—
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβος →Every word from Latin bombus →Every word from Italian bombo →