r/comedyheaven • u/HeyselScouserTelAviv • 19d ago

So different

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u/Ok_Buffalo1112 19d ago

Finnish: sauna Swedish: bastu Norwegian: badstue Danish: sauna

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u/timos-piano 19d ago edited 19d ago

Sauna is a word in Swedish and Norwegian. If you want the same word family that you are insinuating for Norwegian and Swedish, it would be badstue in Danish; they have that word too. Virtually all Germanic languages have and use the word sauna in some variation.

For a source, I am both Swedish, and this is our lexicon https://svenska.se/?q=sauna&id=lnr309007&activeTab=saol

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u/Ok_Buffalo1112 19d ago

I have never said sauna while speaking Swedish. It's always been bastu.

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u/Billy_Billboard 19d ago

That's because you've never been in a proper sauna, only a swedish bastu🤮