Where does “saunajakkara” come from?
saunajakkara (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
saunajakkara (Finnish): sauna stool
Definitions
- sauna stool
Ancestry of “saunajakkara”, step by step
saunajakkara 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 jäkkärä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäkkärä | cudweed |