Where does “ruuhkajuna” come from?

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

ruuhkajuna (Finnish): rush hour train

Definitions

  1. rush hour train

Ancestry of “ruuhkajuna”, step by step

ruuhkajuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish juna

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

via Finnish ruuhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuhkacongestion, lots of traffic, traffic jam; jam,...
2Proto-Germanichrūgǭ—
Every word from Proto-Finnic jooni →Every word from Finnish juoni →Every word from Finnish juna →