Where does “rajavartiosto” come from?

rajavartiosto (Finnish) comes from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- — to sift, to separate.

rajavartiosto (Finnish): border guard, border patrol

Definitions

  1. border guard, border patrol

Ancestry of “rajavartiosto”, step by step

rajavartiosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish raja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrajaborder, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions
2Old East Slavicкраиedge; land, country
3Proto-Slavickrajьedge, end
4Proto-Slavickrojitito cut
5Proto-Balto-Slavickrájīˀtei
6Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-eye-ti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-
8Proto-Indo-Europeankroh₁y-
9Proto-Indo-Europeankreh₁y-to sift, to separate

via Finnish vartiosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartiostoguard squad, group or force responsible for protecting something
2Finnishvartioguard, watch; troop
3Finnishvartijaguard
4Finnish-ja-er
5Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
6Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kreh₁y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-