Where does “vapaaehtoisesti” come from?

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

vapaaehtoisesti (Finnish): voluntarily, of one's own accord

Definitions

  1. voluntarily, of one's own accord

Ancestry of “vapaaehtoisesti”, step by step

vapaaehtoisesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapaaehtoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapaaehtoinenvolunteer; voluntary; A volunteer
2Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
3Finnishvapada
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda

via Finnish sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Slavic -odaEvery word from Proto-Slavic svobodaEvery word from Old East Slavic свободь