Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vanha

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

1. old

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

• *vanhëmbat
• *vanhët'ak
• *vanhuc
• *vanhus

Antonyms

• *noori

Descendants

• Estonian: vana
• Finnish: vanha
• Ingrian: vanha, (Ala-Laukaa) vana
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vanha
  • South Karelian: vanha
• Livonian: vanā
• Livvi: vanhu, vahnu
• Ludian: vahn
• Veps: vanh
• Võro: vana, vahn
• Votic: vana

References

• “vana”, in [ETY] 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]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN