Where does “vapaavarsi” come from?
vapaavarsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish vapaa, from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.
vapaavarsi (Finnish): free arm on a sewing machine
Definitions
- free arm on a sewing machine
Ancestry of “vapaavarsi”, step by step
vapaavarsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vapaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vapaa | free; free, off; spare, free |
| 2 | Finnish | vapada | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | свободь | free |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | svoboda | freedom |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -oda | — |
via Finnish varsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | varsi | stalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | varci | stalk of a plant |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | warte | — |
Words derived from “vapaavarsi”