Etymology Explorer › RussianWhere does “своеволие” come from? своеволие (Russian) comes from Russian свой, from Russian свои, from Proto-Slavic svojь, from Proto-Indo-European swoyos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
своеволие (Russian): willfulness, stubbornness; arbitrariness
Definitions willfulness, stubbornness; arbitrariness Ancestry of “своеволие”, step by step своеволие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian свой Step Language Word Meaning 1 Russian свой one's own; my, his, her, its, our, your, their;... 2 Russian свои inflection of свой :
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##... 3 Proto-Slavic svojь one's own 4 Proto-Indo-European swoyos — 5 Proto-Indo-European swé self
via Russian во́ля Step Language Word Meaning 1 Russian во́ля will 2 Old East Slavic волꙗ — 3 Proto-Slavic *voľà will 4 Proto-Balto-Slavic wáljāˀ will 5 Proto-Indo-European welh₁- to choose; to want