Where does “selkäsauna” come from?
selkäsauna (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauna, from Proto-Finnic sakna, from Proto-Germanic stakna-.
selkäsauna (Finnish): beating, licking
Ancestry of “selkäsauna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | sauna | sauna; Any bath where sweating is part of the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sakna | sauna |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | stakna- | — |