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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vapaa | free; free, off; spare, free |
| 2 | Finnish | vapada | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | свободь | free |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | svoboda | freedom |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -oda | — |
via Finnish sapatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sapatti | Sabbath; sabbatical |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सपत्नी | a co-wife, another wife of one’s husband; a wife... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sapátniH | co-wife |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥pótnih₂ | co-wife |