Where does “kunniavartiomies” come from?

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

kunniavartiomies (Finnish): a member of guard of honour literally honor guardsman

Definitions

  1. a member of guard of honour literally honor guardsman

Ancestry of “kunniavartiomies”, step by step

kunniavartiomies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartiomies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartiomiesguard, sentry, sentinel
2Finnishvartioguard, watch; troop
3Finnishvartijaguard
4Finnish-ja-er
5Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish kunnia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkunniahonor; glory; credit, honor
2Proto-Finnic*kunnijakin, family
3Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →