Where does “vapaavarsikone” come from?

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

vapaavarsikone (Finnish): free arm sewing machine

Definitions

  1. free arm sewing machine

Ancestry of “vapaavarsikone”, step by step

vapaavarsikone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapaavarsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapaavarsifree arm on a sewing machine
2Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
3Finnishvapada—
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →