Where does “banja” come from?

banja (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic *bàňa — bath, bathing, bathing place.

banja (Upper Sorbian): something bubbly; pumpkin; jug

Definitions

  1. something bubbly; pumpkin; jug

Ancestry of “banja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*bàňabath, bathing, bathing place
Every word from Proto-Slavic *bàňa →