Where does “незалежність” come from?
незалежність (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian незале́жний, from Ukrainian зале́жний, from Ukrainian залежати, from Ukrainian за-, from Ukrainian сила, from Proto-Slavic sila, from Proto-Balto-Slavic séiˀlāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂i-l-eh₂ — to satiate, satisfy.
незалежність (Ukrainian): independence
Ancestry of “незалежність”, step by step