Where does “sapattivapaa” come from?

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

sapattivapaa (Finnish): A sabbatical extended period of leave of any length, taken by an employee in order to carry out his/her own projects

Definitions

  1. A sabbatical extended period of leave of any length, taken by an employee in order to carry out his/her own projects

Ancestry of “sapattivapaa”, step by step

sapattivapaa 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 sapatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsapattiSabbath; sabbatical
2Sanskritसपत्नीa co-wife, another wife of one’s husband; a wife...
3Proto-Indo-IraniansapátniHco-wife
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥pótnih₂co-wife
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda
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