Where does “vanhustenneuvola” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vanhustenneuvola”, step by step

vanhustenneuvola 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 →