Where does “lähijuna” come from?

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

lähijuna (Finnish): commuter train

Definitions

  1. commuter train

Ancestry of “lähijuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Finnic jooni →Every word from Finnish juoni →Every word from Finnish juna →