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Where does “vanem” come from?

vanem (Estonian) comes from Finnish vanhempi — comparative degree of vanha; In titles etc.,...

vanem (Estonian): older; parent; elder, leader, chieftain

Definitions

  1. older; parent; elder, leader, chieftain

Ancestry of “vanem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanhempicomparative degree of vanha; In titles etc.,...
Every word from Finnish vanhempi →