Where does “kuulovartio” come from?

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

kuulovartio (Finnish): listening post position for gathering information on enemy's movements by listening

Definitions

  1. listening post position for gathering information on enemy's movements by listening

Ancestry of “kuulovartio”, step by step

kuulovartio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartio

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

via Finnish kuulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkuuloThe sense of hearing
2Finnishkuullato hear; to hear of; to listen to
3Proto-Finnickuuldakto hear
4Proto-Uralic*kuwle-to hear
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →