Where does “nuolijuna” come from?

nuolijuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoli, from Proto-Finnic nooli, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

nuolijuna (Finnish): bullet train

Definitions

  1. bullet train

Ancestry of “nuolijuna”, step by step

nuolijuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoliarrow; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicnooliarrow
3Proto-Uralicńëlearrow

via Finnish juna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Proto-Finnic nooli →Every word from Finnish nuoli →