Mêtî

pomp

Mane

Têgeh

Hevwate

Werger

Notes

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(Îngilîzî)

(feminine) pump (device for moving liquid or gas)
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine, informal) clipping of pompstation (“petrol station, gas station”)

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/pɔmp/

Ji Middle Dutch mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi Middle Low German

In summary

From Middle Dutch pompe, probably of imitative origin, similar to Middle Low German pumpen (“to stir water with a stick”). There may have been influence from Spanish bomba (“water pump”), itself ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Compare bom (“bomb”).