Where does “vapaudenkaipuu” come from?

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

vapaudenkaipuu (Finnish): desire for freedom

Definitions

  1. desire for freedom

Ancestry of “vapaudenkaipuu”, step by step

vapaudenkaipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapausfreedom
2Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
3Finnishvapada—
4Old East Slavicсвободьfree
5Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
6Proto-Slavic-oda—

via Finnish kaipuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaipuulonging, yearning
2FinnishuuThe name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest
3LatinU—
4LatinVve
5Etruscan?u
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →