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historical dictionarymw-sauna
Sauna — Word History
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
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EDGE 301supportsestablished
sauna → sauna
Present-Day English → Finnish · borrowing
- SOUND
- Finnish sauna entered English with only modest adaptation to English pronunciation.
- MEANING
- The Finnish bath and bathhouse word retained its central referent in English.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
Word History — Etymology; First Known UseIdentifies Finnish as the English source and reports 1881.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
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saunaSOURCE-REPORTED
sauna
English lexicographic first-use record for sauna
OPEN WITNESS 67 ↗050
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Global English
Reports 1881 as the English first-known-use year.
First Known Use · global070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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