thunderclap (sudden, loud thunder caused by a nearby lightning strike) · bolt from the blue, thunderclap, thunderbolt (event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰrómos Proto-Slavic *gromъ Old Polish grom Polish grom Inherited from Old Polish grom, from Proto-Slavic *gromъ.
aile: gromowładny, jak grom z jasnego nieba, od groma
köken: From metathetical alteration of torbón, from Old Galician-Portuguese torvon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), accusative of Latin turbō, turbinem, with altered declension. Compare Portuguese trovão, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Cf. also turbina.