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Where does “vanhuudenheikkous” come from?

vanhuudenheikkous (Finnish) comes from Finnish vanhuudenheikko, from Finnish vanhuus, from Finnish vanha, from Proto-Finnic vanha, from Proto-Finno-Permic wanša.

vanhuudenheikkous (Finnish): An infirmity caused by old age

Definitions

  1. An infirmity caused by old age

Ancestry of “vanhuudenheikkous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvanhuudenheikkoinfirm, senile, old and frail
2Finnishvanhuusage
3Finnishvanhaold
4Proto-Finnicvanhaold
5Proto-Finno-Permicwanša—
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