Where does “mökkisauna” come from?
mökkisauna (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
mökkisauna (Finnish): a sauna at a mökki
Definitions
- a sauna at a mökki
Ancestry of “mökkisauna”, step by step
mökkisauna 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 mökki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mökki | A small, usually wooden house; cottage, cabin;... |