Where does “saunamökki” come from?
saunamökki (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
saunamökki (Finnish): sauna cabin, sauna cottage
Definitions
- sauna cabin, sauna cottage
Ancestry of “saunamökki”, step by step
saunamökki 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;... |