Where does “kalasauna” come from?

kalasauna (Finnish) comes from Finnish kala, from Proto-Finnic kala, from Proto-Uralic kälä — fish.

kalasauna (Finnish): a sauna used as a temporary cabin for fishermen

Definitions

  1. a sauna used as a temporary cabin for fishermen

Ancestry of “kalasauna”, step by step

kalasauna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish

via Finnish sauna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaunasauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the...
2Proto-Finnicsaknasauna
3Proto-Germanicstakna-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kälä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kala →Every word from Finnish kala →