Where does “pumps” come from?

pumps (Swedish) comes from English pumps, from English pump, from Middle English pumpe, from Middle Low German pumpe, from Middle Dutch pompe — device for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

pumps (Swedish): pump

Definitions

  1. pump

Ancestry of “pumps”, step by step

pumps traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pumps

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpumpsplural of pump; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishpumpA device for moving or compressing a liquid or...
3Middle Englishpumpe—
4Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
5Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

via Swedish pump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpumpa pump
2GermanPumpepump; heart
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →