Where does “sõnavabadus” come from?
sõnavabadus (Estonian) comes from Estonian vabadus, from Estonian vaba, from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.
sõnavabadus (Estonian): freedom of speech
Ancestry of “sõnavabadus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | vabadus | freedom |
| 2 | Estonian | vaba | free, independent; free, unconstrained; loose,... |
| 3 | Finnish | vapada | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | свободь | free |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | svoboda | freedom |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -oda | — |