Where does “kanala” come from?
kanala (Finnish) comes from Finnish la, from Finnish lauantai, from Old Norse laugardagr, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.
kanala (Finnish): henhouse
Ancestry of “kanala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | la | Abbreviation of lauantai |
| 2 | Finnish | lauantai | Saturday |
| 3 | Old Norse | laugardagr | Saturday |
| 4 | Old Norse | laug | bath; hot spring; first-person singular past... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | laugō | bath, wash; soap, lye |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewh₃- | to wash |
Words derived from “kanala”