Where does “vesipumppuasema” come from?

vesipumppuasema (Finnish) comes from Finnish pumppuasema, 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...

vesipumppuasema (Finnish): water pumping station

Definitions

  1. water pumping station

Ancestry of “vesipumppuasema”, step by step

vesipumppuasema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pumppuasema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumppuasemapump station
2Finnishpumppupump; heart
3Swedishpumpa pump
4GermanPumpepump; heart
5Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
6Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →