Where does “saunapyyhe” come from?
saunapyyhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
saunapyyhe (Finnish): sauna towel
Ancestry of “saunapyyhe”, step by step
saunapyyhe 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 pyyhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyyhe | towel; any piece of soft cloth, tissue paper etc.... |
| 2 | Finnish | pyyhkiä | to wipe; to sweep; to erase |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pühkidäk | to wipe; to sweep |