Where does “viisumivapaa” come from?

viisumivapaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish viisumi, from Swedish visum, from Latin visum, from Latin vīsō, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

viisumivapaa (Finnish): visa-free

Definitions

  1. visa-free

Ancestry of “viisumivapaa”, step by step

viisumivapaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viisumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisumivisa
2Swedishvisumvisa
3Latinvisumvision, mental image; nominative neuter singular...
4Latinvīsōto look at, look into, stare at, view
5Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
6Proto-Italicwidēōsee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Finnish vapaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
2Finnishvapada—
3Old East Slavicсвободьfree
4Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
5Proto-Slavic-oda—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →