çekim: karşılaştırma freiwilliger · üstünlük am freiwilligsten
eş: aus freien Stücken, aus sich heraus, unaufgefordert, von sich aus
zıt: gezwungen, unfreiwillig, zwangsweise
köken: From Late Middle High German freywillic (1370s), but common chiefly since the 16th century. By surface analysis, frei (“free”) + willig (“willing”), perhaps after freier Wille (“free will”). Compare Dutch vrijwillig (1390s).
volunteer (which acts out of his/her own will, initiative, without orders, coercion) · voluntary (which is organized spontaneously, without orders, coercion; organized by citizens without governmental influence)
çekim: karşılaştırma brīvprātīgāks · üstünlük visbrīvprātīgākais
köken: From brīvs (“free”) + prāts (“mind”) + -īgs.
çekim: karşılaştırma frjálsari · üstünlük frjálsastur
köken: From Old Norse frjáls, from Proto-Germanic *frijahalsaz.
Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English)
Etimoloji
From Middle Dutch vrîwillich (1390s), equivalent to vrij (“free”) + willig (“willing”), perhaps after vrije wil (“free will”). Possibly a calque of Middle High German freywillic (modern freiwillig), which first appears in the 1370s. However, the German attestation is southeastern and the word did not enter wider usage in either language before the 16th century. Therefore two (or more) independent…