Where does “hoitovapaa” come from?
hoitovapaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vapaa, from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.
hoitovapaa (Finnish): nursing leave, childcare leave
Definitions
- nursing leave, childcare leave
Ancestry of “hoitovapaa”, step by step
hoitovapaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vapaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vapaa | free; free, off; spare, free |
| 2 | Finnish | vapada | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | свободь | free |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | svoboda | freedom |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -oda | — |
via Finnish hoito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hoito | care; nurture; treatment, cure, therapy, remedy |
| 2 | Finnish | hoitaa | to nurse, care; to cure; to deal with, fix |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | śćaHyáH | shade, shadow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃ih₂ | shadow, shade |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |