Where does “sauna” come from?
sauna (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
sauna (Finnish): sauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the...
Definitions
- sauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the...
Ancestry of “sauna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | sakna | sauna |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | stakna- | — |
Words derived from “sauna”