Where does “vapausaste” come from?

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

vapausaste (Finnish): degree of freedom

Definitions

  1. degree of freedom

Ancestry of “vapausaste”, step by step

vapausaste 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 aste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishastegrade; degree; degree, degree Celsius
2Finnishastuato step (on), tread (on), pace, stride
3Proto-Finnicastudakto step, to take steps
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →