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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vanha

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *wanša. Cognate with Proto-Permic *wanša (whence Komi-Zyrian важ (važ) and Udmurt вуж (vuž)). In the past was also considered a possible borrowing from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz, *wanhą (“crooked, bent, bad”), but this is unlikely.

Adjective

*vanha

  1. old

Inflection
Inflection of *vanha
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vanha *vanhat
accusative *vanhan *vanhat
genitive *vanhan *vanhadën
*vanhoidën
partitive *vanhada *vanhoida
inessive *vanhassa
*vanhahna		 *vanhoissa
*vanhoihna
elative *vanhasta *vanhoista
illative *vanhahën *vanhoihën
adessive *vanhalla *vanhoilla
ablative *vanhalta *vanhoilta
allative *vanhalën
*vanhalëk		 *vanhoilën
*vanhoilëk
essive *vanhana *vanhoina
translative *vanhaksi *vanhoiksi
instructive *vanhan *vanhoin
comitative *vanhanëk *vanhoinëk
abessive *vanhatta *vanhoitta

Derived terms
  • *vanhëmbat
  • *vanhët'ak
  • *vanhuc
  • *vanhus

Antonyms

Descendants
  • Estonian: vana
  • Finnish: vanha
  • Ingrian: vanha, (Ala-Laukaa) vana
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vanā
  • Livvi: vanhu, vahnu
  • Ludian: vahn
  • Veps: vanh
  • Võro: vana, vahn
  • Votic: vana

References
  • “vana”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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