Where does “vartioida” come from?

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

vartioida (Finnish): to guard

Definitions

  1. to guard

Ancestry of “vartioida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartioguard, watch; troop
2Finnishvartijaguard
3Finnish-ja-er
4Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

Words derived from “vartioida

Every word from Proto-Uralic -jaEvery word from Finnish -jaEvery word from Finnish vartija