Where does “vartija” come from?
vartija (Finnish) comes from Finnish -ja, from Proto-Finnic -ja, from Proto-Uralic -ja.
vartija (Finnish): guard
Ancestry of “vartija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | -ja | -er |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | -ja | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -ja | — |
Words derived from “vartija”