Where does “kunniavartiosto” come from?

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

kunniavartiosto (Finnish): guard of honour, honour guard

Definitions

  1. guard of honour, honour guard

Ancestry of “kunniavartiosto”, step by step

kunniavartiosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartiosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartiostoguard squad, group or force responsible for protecting something
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 →