Elder

"Elder" in Finnish

vanhempi

(greater than another in age or seniority)

edeltäjä

(one who lived at an earlier period — see also predecessor)

esi-isä

(one who lived at an earlier period — see also predecessor)

kylänvanhin

(older member, leader of a community)

mustaheisi

(Sambucus nigra)

mustaselja

(Sambucus nigra)

pappi

(clergyman authorized to administer all sacraments)

saksanheisi

(Sambucus)

seljat

(Sambucus)

vanhempi

(one who is older than another)

vanhin

(older member, leader of a community)

vanhin

(officer of a church)

vanhin

(Mormonism: title for a male missionary or a general authority)

vanhus

(old person)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.