Where does “Karhunvartija” come from?

Karhunvartija (Finnish) comes from Finnish vartija, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.

Karhunvartija (Finnish): the constellation Boötes, the Herdsman

Definitions

  1. the constellation Boötes, the Herdsman

Ancestry of “Karhunvartija”, step by step

Karhunvartija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartijaguard
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish Karhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKarhuA major brand of beer in Finland
2Finnishkarhubear; brown bear, "Ursus arctos"
3Proto-Finnickarhubear
4Proto-Finnickarhedarough, coarse
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →