Where does “henkivartija” come from?

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

henkivartija (Finnish): A bodyguard

Definitions

  1. A bodyguard

Ancestry of “henkivartija”, step by step

henkivartija 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 henki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
2Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
3Proto-Uralicčeŋke—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →