Where does “infrasauna” come from?
infrasauna (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
infrasauna (Finnish): infrared sauna
Definitions
- infrared sauna
Ancestry of “infrasauna”, step by step
infrasauna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sauna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sauna | sauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sakna | sauna |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stakna- | — |
via Finnish infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | infra | infra infrastructure |
| 2 | Finnish | infrastruktuuri | infrastructure |