Where does “vapaaehtoinen” come from?

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

vapaaehtoinen (Finnish): volunteer; voluntary; A volunteer

Definitions

  1. volunteer; voluntary; A volunteer

Ancestry of “vapaaehtoinen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vapaaehtoinen”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →