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

Definitions

  1. freedom of speech

Ancestry of “sõnavabadus”, step by step

sõnavabadus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian vabadus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvabadusfreedom
2Estonianvabafree, independent; free, unconstrained; loose,...
3Finnishvapada—
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda—

via Estonian sõna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõnaword
2Proto-Finnicsanaword
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →