Where does “uraanipommi” come from?

uraanipommi (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,...

uraanipommi (Finnish): uranium bomb

Definitions

  1. uranium bomb

Ancestry of “uraanipommi”, step by step

uraanipommi 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 uraani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuraaniuranium; Partitive singular form of urani;...
2GermanUranuranium
3LatinŪranusUranus god of the sky
4Ancient Greekοὐρανόςthe vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached...
5Ancient Greekϝορσανός
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo