Re: fungus = mushroom

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

>
> > From this, we've got Spanish bombo (slang) 'belly of a pregnant woman', bambolla 'pomp', Catalan bombolla,
> > Basque punpuila 'bubble' < *bumbulia, with pretty identical Baltic parallels.
>
> These may be derivative from bomba "pump, light bulb, bomb", bombear "to pump (up)". There is also bombín or sobrero de bombo "bowler hat", also called "sombrero de hongo "mushroom hat"
>

IMHO bomba is from the same expressive root but it can't be the source of the other words.