Where does “Vanhala” come from?

Vanhala (Finnish) comes from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

Ancestry of “Vanhala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
2Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
3Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
4Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -sEvery word from Finnish -läEvery word from Finnish -as
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