Where does “vapaapäivä” come from?

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

vapaapäivä (Finnish): holiday, day off

Definitions

  1. holiday, day off

Ancestry of “vapaapäivä”, step by step

vapaapäivä 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 päivä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväday; the sun
2Proto-Finnicpäiväsun; day
3Proto-Uralicpäjwä? warmth; ? sun; ? fire
4Proto-Uralicpäje—

Words derived from “vapaapäivä”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →
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