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”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →
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