Where does “vapaaehtoisuus” come from?

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

vapaaehtoisuus (Finnish): voluntariness

Definitions

  1. voluntariness

Ancestry of “vapaaehtoisuus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapaaehtoinenvolunteer; voluntary; A volunteer
2Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
3Finnishvapada—
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →
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