Where does “vapaussota” come from?
vapaussota (Finnish) comes from Finnish vapaus, from Finnish vapaa, from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.
vapaussota (Finnish): war of liberation; The Finnish Civil War fought...
Definitions
- war of liberation; The Finnish Civil War fought...
Ancestry of “vapaussota”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vapaus | freedom; liberty; licence , license |
| 2 | Finnish | vapaa | free; free, off; spare, free |
| 3 | Finnish | vapada | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | свободь | free |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | svoboda | freedom |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -oda | — |