Where does “vapahtaja” come from?

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

vapahtaja (Finnish): redeemer, savior

Definitions

  1. redeemer, savior

Ancestry of “vapahtaja”, 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 →