Where does “sairausvapaa” come from?

sairausvapaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish sairaus, from Finnish sairas, from Proto-Finnic sairas, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

Ancestry of “sairausvapaa”, step by step

sairausvapaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sairaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsairaussickness, illness, malady, disease, ailment
2Finnishsairasill, sick; A sick person
3Proto-Finnicsairasill, sick
4Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

via Finnish vapaa

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