Where does “merivartiovene” come from?

merivartiovene (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.

merivartiovene (Finnish): offshore patrol boat

Definitions

  1. offshore patrol boat

Ancestry of “merivartiovene”, step by step

merivartiovene 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 vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →