Where does “vapaaehtoistyö” come from?

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

vapaaehtoistyö (Finnish): volunteering, volunteer work

Definitions

  1. volunteering, volunteer work

Ancestry of “vapaaehtoistyö”, step by step

vapaaehtoistyö 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 työ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyöwork; job; you
2Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
3Proto-Finnictekyou
4Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →
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