Where does “ratavartija” come from?
ratavartija (Finnish) comes from Finnish vartija, from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja — Forms the present participle.
ratavartija (Finnish): trackman, platelayer
Definitions
- trackman, platelayer
Ancestry of “ratavartija”, step by step
ratavartija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vartija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vartija | guard |
| 2 | Finnish | -ja | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ja | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ja | Forms the present participle |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |