Where does “vapaalasku” come from?

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

vapaalasku (Finnish): freeriding snowboarding or skiing performed on natural terrain without a set course

Definitions

  1. freeriding snowboarding or skiing performed on natural terrain without a set course

Ancestry of “vapaalasku”, step by step

vapaalasku 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 lasku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskudescent, an instance of descending, sliding down...
2Voticlaskõato let go, let loose, release
3Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
4Proto-Uraliclaćke-—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →