Where does “vapaakunta” come from?

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

vapaakunta (Finnish): A municipality, which under a 1988 law had more freedom than ordinary municipalities in running their administration. The purpose of the legislation was to encourage municipalities to find innovative solutions for their self-government

Definitions

  1. A municipality, which under a 1988 law had more freedom than ordinary municipalities in running their administration. The purpose of the legislation was to encourage municipalities to find innovative solutions for their self-government

Ancestry of “vapaakunta”, step by step

vapaakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapaa

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

via Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →