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From a (Savonian) dialectal word meaning "line, queue". The modern sense "train" is a literary coinage (by an unknown author) from 1864. The dialectal word is usually considered an irregular, probably sound-symbolic, derivative of juoni. Among the dialectal variants (mostly sporadic) that can be considered are jona, joni, jono and juno. One explanation for the -u- may be influence from juntu.
Pyörät ne lauloivat: "Kuopijoon käy tie!" Kiskottii kirskuivat: "Tervehykset vie!" Unjkin siinä pijan kuorsaasta punnoo—kuorsaasta punnoo, Kiekuven kun kiskoo raskasta junnoo Lentävä Kalakukko!
[Pyörät ne lauloivat: "Kuopioon käy tie!" Kiskotkin kirskuivat: "Tervehdykset vie!" Unikin siinä pian kuorsausta punoo—kuorsausta punoo, Kiekuen kun kiskoo raskasta junaa Lentävä Kalakukko!]
The wheels sang: "We're heading to Kuopio!" And the rails screeched: "Send them my regards!" Soon sleep makes one snore too—snore too it crows as it tugs a heavy train: the Lentävä Kalakukko !
“juna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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