Where does “vanhusneuvola” come from?

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

vanhusneuvola (Finnish): elderly care center

Definitions

  1. elderly care center

Ancestry of “vanhusneuvola”, step by step

vanhusneuvola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish neuvola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneuvolachild health clinic
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish vanhus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanhusold person
2Finnishvanhaold
3Proto-Finnicvanhaold
4Proto-Finno-Permicwanša—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →
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