Where does “merivartioalus” come from?

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

merivartioalus (Finnish): offshore patrol vessel

Definitions

  1. offshore patrol vessel

Ancestry of “merivartioalus”, step by step

merivartioalus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish merivartio

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

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →