Where does “vapahtaa” come from?

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

vapahtaa (Finnish): to redeem, deliver

Definitions

  1. to redeem, deliver

Ancestry of “vapahtaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vapahtaa”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →