Where does “kummitusjuna” come from?

kummitusjuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish juna, from Finnish juoni, from Proto-Finnic jooni — path.

kummitusjuna (Finnish): ghost train

Definitions

  1. ghost train

Ancestry of “kummitusjuna”, step by step

kummitusjuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath

via Finnish kummitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkummitusspook, ghost
2Finnishkummaodd, strange; "in comparative, with negation",...
3Proto-Finnickummastrange, odd
Every word from Proto-Finnic jooni →Every word from Finnish juoni →Every word from Finnish juna →