Where does “saunavieras” come from?
saunavieras (Finnish) comes from Finnish vieras, from Proto-Finnic veeras, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.
saunavieras (Finnish): a guest to a sauna
Ancestry of “saunavieras”, step by step
saunavieras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vieras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vieras | unfamiliar; foreign; guest, visitor |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veeras | guest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | veeri | side, flank; edge |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wäre | — |
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- | — |