Where does “vanhuusikä” come from?

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

vanhuusikä (Finnish): old age

Definitions

  1. old age

Ancestry of “vanhuusikä”, step by step

vanhuusikä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vanhuus

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

via Finnish ikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishikäage; life; lifetime
2Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
3Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic wanša →Every word from Proto-Finnic vanha →Every word from Finnish vanha →