Where does “桑拿” come from?
桑拿 (Chinese) comes from English sauna, from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
桑拿 (Chinese): sauna
Ancestry of “桑拿”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sauna | A room or a house designed for heat sessions; The... |
| 2 | Finnish | sauna | sauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sakna | sauna |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stakna- | — |