Where does “lehdistönvapaus” come from?

lehdistönvapaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vapaus, from Finnish vapaa, from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.

lehdistönvapaus (Finnish): freedom of the press

Definitions

  1. freedom of the press

Ancestry of “lehdistönvapaus”, step by step

lehdistönvapaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapausfreedom
2Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
3Finnishvapada—
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda—

via Finnish lehdistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlehdistöThe press
2FinnishLehtileaf part of a plant
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*lehti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →