Where does “vanhustentauti” come from?

vanhustentauti (Finnish) comes from Finnish vanhus, from Finnish vanha, from Proto-Finnic vanha, from Proto-Finno-Permic wanša.

vanhustentauti (Finnish): geriatric disease

Definitions

  1. geriatric disease

Ancestry of “vanhustentauti”, step by step

vanhustentauti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vanhus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanhusold person
2Finnishvanhaold
3Proto-Finnicvanhaold
4Proto-Finno-Permicwanša—

via Finnish tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wanša →Every word from Proto-Finnic vanha →Every word from Finnish vanha →