Where does “vabasurm” come from?

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

vabasurm (Estonian): suicide

Definitions

  1. suicide

Ancestry of “vabasurm”, step by step

vabasurm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian vaba

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

via Estonian surm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansurmdeath
2Proto-Finnicsurmadeath
3Proto-Uralic*śurma—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →