Where does “vapahdus” come from?

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

vapahdus (Finnish): redeeming

Definitions

  1. redeeming

Ancestry of “vapahdus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapahtaato redeem, deliver
2Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
3Finnishvapada
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda
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