Where does “metsänvartija” come from?

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

metsänvartija (Finnish): forest ranger

Definitions

  1. forest ranger

Ancestry of “metsänvartija”, step by step

metsänvartija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartijaguard
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →