Where does “leikkijuna” come from?

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

leikkijuna (Finnish): toy train

Definitions

  1. toy train

Ancestry of “leikkijuna”, step by step

leikkijuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juna

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

via Finnish leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Finnic jooni →Every word from Finnish juoni →Every word from Finnish juna →