Where does “säterivapaus” come from?

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

säterivapaus (Finnish): exemption from tax granted to manors owned by the aristocracy

Definitions

  1. exemption from tax granted to manors owned by the aristocracy

Ancestry of “säterivapaus”, step by step

säterivapaus 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 säteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäteriseat farm; a manor owned by a nobleman that was exempt from having to provide a cavalryman for the crown and/or tax
2Swedishsätermountain pasture
3Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →