Where does “junamies” come from?

junamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish mies, from Proto-Finnic mees, from Proto-Finnic meexes.

junamies (Finnish): rail yard worker

Definitions

  1. rail yard worker

Ancestry of “junamies”, step by step

junamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—

via Finnish juna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Finnic meexes →Every word from Proto-Finnic mees →Every word from Finnish mies →