Mind & speech
freedom
Source:*svobodaProto-Slaviccertain
Built on *svojь 'one's own': freedom is belonging to one's own people.
English
freedom
Polish
wolność
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BCS script
- Russianсвобо́даsvobodasvɐˈbodəinherited
- Ukrainianсвобо́даsvobodasvɔˈbɔdainherited
Also во́ля 'will; freedom'.
- Polishwolnośćˈvɔlnɔɕtɕ
Swoboda, the cognate, means 'ease, latitude'.
- Czechsvobodaˈsvobodainherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianslobodaслободаˈslobodainherited
Sv- became sl- by dissimilation.
- Englishfreedom