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Where does “vapaaottelu” come from?

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

vapaaottelu (Finnish): pankration; mixed martial arts

Definitions

  1. pankration; mixed martial arts

Ancestry of “vapaaottelu”, step by step

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