Where does “verovapaa” come from?

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

verovapaa (Finnish): tax-free

Definitions

  1. tax-free

Ancestry of “verovapaa”, step by step

verovapaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vapaa

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

via Finnish vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →