Where does “saunoja” come from?

saunoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

saunoja (Finnish): One who bathes in a sauna

Definitions

  1. One who bathes in a sauna

Ancestry of “saunoja”, step by step

saunoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish saunoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsaunoaTo bath in a sauna, to have a sauna
2Finnishsaunasauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the...
3Proto-Finnicsaknasauna
4Proto-Germanicstakna-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →