Where does “juná” come from?

juná (Northern Sami) comes from Finnish juna, from Finnish juoni, from Proto-Finnic jooni — path.

juná (Northern Sami): train

Definitions

  1. train

Ancestry of “juná”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjunatrain
2Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
3Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Proto-Finnic jooni →Every word from Finnish juoni →Every word from Finnish juna →
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