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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedFinnish · Finnish · bath building

sauna

sauna; bathhouse

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Finnic · Proto-Finnic reconstruction · sauna stove building

*sakna

sauna; proposed earlier stove reference

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Modern Finnish sauna continues reconstructed Proto-Finnic *sakna through Finnic sound development; the intermediate changes are not over-specified here.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The sauna or bath-building sense continues, while an earlier stove reference remains tied to the deeper proposal.

CHRONOLOGY

Proto-Finnic prehistory to attested Finnish.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Petri Kallio · Kotus editors

CONFIDENCE

probable — The Finnish form is attested and the Proto-Finnic form is comparative reconstruction.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

S01
SaunaAnswer — Finnic distribution and Germanic proposal

Documents the Finnish word and its close Finnic distribution.

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The Etymology of Finnish sauna “Sauna”pp. 313–319; Proto-Finnic *sakna analysis

Publishes the reconstructed Finnic form used in the proposed account.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 288sauna

sauna → *sakna

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