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Where does “vaba” come from?

vaba (Estonian) comes from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.

vaba (Estonian): free, independent; free, unconstrained; loose,...

Definitions

  1. free, independent; free, unconstrained; loose,...

Ancestry of “vaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapada—
2Old East Slavicсвободьfree
3Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
4Proto-Slavic-oda—

Words derived from “vaba”

  • vabadus
  • sõnavabadus
  • vabastama
  • vabasurm
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