Where does “vabadus” come from?

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

vabadus (Estonian): freedom

Definitions

  1. freedom

Ancestry of “vabadus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vabadus

Every word from Proto-Slavic -odaEvery word from Proto-Slavic svobodaEvery word from Old East Slavic свободь