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Where does “свободный” come from?

свободный (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic svobodьnъ, from Proto-Slavic svoboda, from Proto-Slavic -oda.

Ancestry of “свободный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsvobodьnъ—
2Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
3Proto-Slavic-oda—
Every word from Proto-Slavic -oda →