Where does “vabām” come from?

vabām (Livonian) comes from Estonian vaba, from Finnish vapada, from Old East Slavic свободь, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.

vabām (Livonian): freedom

Definitions

  1. freedom

Ancestry of “vabām”, step by step

vabām traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian vaba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianvabafree, independent; free, unconstrained; loose,...
2Finnishvapada—
3Old East Slavicсвободьfree
4Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
5Proto-Slavic-oda—

via Livonian m

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianm—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →Every word from Proto-Slavic svoboda →Every word from Old East Slavic свободь →