Where does “virkavapaa” come from?

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

virkavapaa (Finnish): on a leave of absence (from a public office)

Definitions

  1. on a leave of absence (from a public office)

Ancestry of “virkavapaa”, step by step

virkavapaa 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 virka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirkapost, position, office, public office; purpose,...
2Old Norsevirkja—
3Proto-Germanicwirkijanąto make, produce; to effect, make happen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →