Where does “kuulovartija” come from?

kuulovartija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuulo, from Finnish kuulla, from Proto-Finnic kuuldak, from Proto-Uralic *kuwle- — to hear.

kuulovartija (Finnish): One who mans a listening post

Definitions

  1. One who mans a listening post

Ancestry of “kuulovartija”, step by step

kuulovartija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuuloThe sense of hearing
2Finnishkuullato hear; to hear of; to listen to
3Proto-Finnickuuldakto hear
4Proto-Uralic*kuwle-to hear

via Finnish vartija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartijaguard
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kuwle- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuldak →Every word from Finnish kuulla →