Kallio compares Proto-Finnic *sakna with Palaeo-Germanic *stagh-ná- as an ancient borrowing adapted to Finnic phonotactics.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0303proposed borrowingproposed
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*sakna
sauna; proposed earlier stove reference
OPEN NODE 313 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedPalaeo-Germanic · Palaeo-Germanic reconstruction · pile stack stove*stagh-ná-
pile or stack; proposed source of a stone-pile stove term
OPEN NODE 314 ↗01
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A Germanic pile or stack term is proposed to have named a stone-pile stove, then the sauna containing it.
Proposed prehistoric borrowing before attested Finnish.
Petri Kallio · Jussi Ylikoski
proposed — Kotus says the Germanic proposal has gained support; Ylikoski also records explicit scholarly skepticism.
reviewed
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SaunaAnswer — Germanic origin has gained support
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Reports the proposal and its pile or stone-stove semantic bridge.
The Etymology of Finnish sauna “Sauna”pp. 313–319; Palaeo-Germanic comparison
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the ancient Germanic loan proposal.
Suomen kiuas, karjalan kiukua ja havaintoja etymologian tutkimusperinteestäDiscussion of Kallio 2008 and LÄGLOS response
challengesAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Records that LÄGLOS treats the etymology skeptically while Koivulehto saw no problem.
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