Etymograph

English

sauna

Sauna comes from Finnish sauna, and goes back to Proto-Finnic *sakna.

  1. Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*saknareconstructed
  2. Finnishmodernsauna
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*saknareconstructed
  2. Finnishmodernsauna
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019same form

Earliest quotation: 2019, Saunatimes Guest Posts, Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the : “Of course, it will never get -100 here like…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-

detective, detection, detect, tile, thug, protégé, toga, thatch, staccato, toque, 27 more

Today it means

noun A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Finnic *sakna / sauna

Shirt and support for this word