Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vanha
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *wanša. Cognate with Proto-Permic *wanša (whence Komi-Zyrian важ (važ) and Udmurt вуж (vuž)). In the past was also considered a possible borrowing from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz, *wanhą (“crooked, bent, bad”), but this is unlikely.
Adjective
*vanha
Inflection
Inflection of *vanha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vanha | *vanhat | |
| accusative | *vanhan | *vanhat | |
| genitive | *vanhan | *vanhadën *vanhoidën | |
| partitive | *vanhada | *vanhoida | |
| inessive | *vanhassa *vanhahna |
*vanhoissa *vanhoihna | |
| elative | *vanhasta | *vanhoista | |
| illative | *vanhahën | *vanhoihën | |
| adessive | *vanhalla | *vanhoilla | |
| ablative | *vanhalta | *vanhoilta | |
| allative | *vanhalën *vanhalëk |
*vanhoilën *vanhoilëk | |
| essive | *vanhana | *vanhoina | |
| translative | *vanhaksi | *vanhoiksi | |
| instructive | *vanhan | *vanhoin | |
| comitative | *vanhanëk | *vanhoinëk | |
| abessive | *vanhatta | *vanhoitta | |
Derived terms
Antonyms
Descendants
- Estonian: vana
- Finnish: vanha
- Ingrian: vanha, (Ala-Laukaa) vana
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vanā
- Livvi: vanhu, vahnu
- Ludian: vahn
- Veps: vanh
- Võro: vana, vahn
- Votic: vana
References
- “vana”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN