Where does “säästövapaa” come from?

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

säästövapaa (Finnish): time off that is saved from one year to another

Definitions

  1. time off that is saved from one year to another

Ancestry of “säästövapaa”, step by step

säästövapaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapaa

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

via Finnish säästö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäästösaving reduction in expenditure
2FinnishsäästääTo save
3Proto-Finnicsäästädäkto put aside, to save
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →