Where does “vapaakappalelaki” come from?

vapaakappalelaki (Finnish) comes from Finnish laki, from Old Swedish lagh, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

vapaakappalelaki (Finnish): legal deposit act statute

Definitions

  1. legal deposit act statute

Ancestry of “vapaakappalelaki”, step by step

vapaakappalelaki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlakiA summit, topmost point of eg. a hill or...
2Old Swedishlagh
3Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
4Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish vapaakappale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapaakappalea copy of a work for legal deposit
2Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
3Finnishvapada
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-