Where does “uutispommi” come from?

uutispommi (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,...

uutispommi (Finnish): bombshell

Definitions

  1. bombshell

Ancestry of “uutispommi”, step by step

uutispommi 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 uutinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuutinennews, news item, item of news; tiding; news;...
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Ancient Greek βόμβοςEvery word from Latin bombusEvery word from Italian bombo
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