Where does “sulkuvartija” come from?

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

sulkuvartija (Finnish): lockkeeper, locktender

Definitions

  1. lockkeeper, locktender

Ancestry of “sulkuvartija”, step by step

sulkuvartija 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 sulku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkubracket; blockade; lock
2Finnishsulkeato close, shut; to turn off, to switch off
3Proto-Finnicsülkedäkto spit
4Proto-Finno-Permicśulke-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →