Where does “joululoma” come from?

joululoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish loma, from Proto-Finnic loma, from Proto-Finno-Permic loma — gap.

joululoma (Finnish): Christmas break, Christmas vacation, Christmas holiday

Definitions

  1. Christmas break, Christmas vacation, Christmas holiday

Ancestry of “joululoma”, step by step

joululoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap

via Finnish joulu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjouluChristmas; Abbreviation of joulukuu
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic loma →Every word from Proto-Finnic loma →Every word from Finnish loma →