Where does “vapahtaminen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vapahtaminen”, 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 →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →