Where does “vartiopaikka” come from?

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

vartiopaikka (Finnish): guardpost

Definitions

  1. guardpost

Ancestry of “vartiopaikka”, step by step

vartiopaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartio

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

via Finnish paikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka—
3Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →