Where does “juoppojuna” come from?

juoppojuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish juoppo, from Finnish juoda, from Proto-Finnic joodak, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

juoppojuna (Finnish): drunk train last train at the end of the day, supposedly favored by drunkards

Definitions

  1. drunk train last train at the end of the day, supposedly favored by drunkards

Ancestry of “juoppojuna”, step by step

juoppojuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juoppo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjuoppoA drunkard
2Finnishjuodato drink
3Proto-Finnicjoodakto drink
4Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

via Finnish juna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Uralic jëxe- →
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