Where does “vahtija” come from?
vahtija (Finnish) comes from Finnish vahtia, from Finnish vahdata, from Swedish vakta, from Old Norse vakta, from Middle Low German wachten, from Old Saxon wahtōn, from Proto-West Germanic wahtwēn, from Proto-West Germanic -ēn — he, she.
vahtija (Finnish): guard, watch
Definitions
- guard, watch
Ancestry of “vahtija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vahtia | to guard, watch |
| 2 | Finnish | vahdata | to stare; to guard; to watch over |
| 3 | Swedish | vakta | to guard |
| 4 | Old Norse | vakta | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wachten | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | wahtōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wahtwēn | to keep watch |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -ēn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |