Where does “puujuna” come from?

puujuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puujuna (Finnish): wooden train often a toy one

Definitions

  1. wooden train often a toy one

Ancestry of “puujuna”, step by step

puujuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish juna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Uralic puweEvery word from Proto-Finnic puuEvery word from Finnish puu