Russian and Bulgarian languages seem to be the closest ancestors of Sanskrit.
Really, most probably, russian свобода come from sanskrit sva-bodha, which means something like "my knowledge", "my awakeness" or even "self-consciousness".
Sometimes, it's mindblowing, when you occasionally discover real, ancient meaning of everyday Slavic words via Sanskrit.
Do you know, that Syādvāda sounds very similar to russian свобода (freedom)? Dig it. :)
Russian and Bulgarian languages seem to be the closest ancestors of Sanskrit.
Really, most probably, russian свобода come from sanskrit sva-bodha, which means something like "my knowledge", "my awakeness" or even "self-consciousness".
Sometimes, it's mindblowing, when you occasionally discover real, ancient meaning of everyday Slavic words via Sanskrit.