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
- freedom
Ancestry of “vabām”, step by step
vabām traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian vaba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | vaba | free, independent; free, unconstrained; loose,... |
| 2 | Finnish | vapada | — |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | свободь | free |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | svoboda | freedom |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -oda | — |
via Livonian m
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livonian | m | — |