Where does “vabandama” come from?

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

vabandama (Estonian): to apologize, to apologise

Definitions

  1. to apologize, to apologise

Ancestry of “vabandama”, step by step

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