Where does “vanhanaikainen” come from?
vanhanaikainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish aikainen, from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
vanhanaikainen (Finnish): antiquated, old-fashioned, old school
Definitions
- antiquated, old-fashioned, old school
Ancestry of “vanhanaikainen”, step by step
vanhanaikainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aikainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aikainen | early; taking place during; from the times of |
| 2 | Finnish | aika | time; time, moment; appointment |
| 3 | Finnish | -isin | The case suffix denoting temporal distributive;... |
| 4 | Hungarian | isi | school |
| 5 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 7 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |