Where does “maantiejuna” come from?
maantiejuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish maantie, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maantiejuna (Finnish): A road train
Ancestry of “maantiejuna”, step by step
maantiejuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maantie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maantie | highway, public road |
| 2 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish juna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juna | train |
| 2 | Finnish | juoni | plot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jooni | path |