bastu

• badstu (alternative spelling)

A clipping of Old Norse baðstofu (oblique case of baðstofa) with metaphony. Compare badstugu.

bastu f (definite singular bastua or basto, indefinite plural bastuer or bastur, definite plural bastuene or badstune)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of badstove (“sauna”)

A clipping of (probably) Old Swedish badstuwu, from earlier baþstova, equivalent to bad +‎ stuga. Compare inherited badstuga.

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bastu c

1. a sauna

• Nouns ending with unstressed (short) -u are rare in Swedish and most of them are loanwords, and the plural form -r given by normative dictionaries feel unnatural to many speakers. For this reason, alternative plural forms may be found.

• bada bastu
• basta
• bastubad

• bastu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Gunlög Josefsson (2018), “Avokadosar och kepsar – ett epentetiskt s med olika funktioner [Avokadosar and kepsar – an epenthetic s with many functions]”, in Språk & stil‎, volume NF 28, Uppsala: Uppsala University, ISSN 1101-1165, pages 5-21

• baste, bååst

From Old Norse baðstofa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”) + *stubō (“heated room”).

bastu f

1. A drying-house.
2. A smokehouse.
3. A fishing cabin.

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “BASTU”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 26