Where does “vartiopalvelus” come from?

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

vartiopalvelus (Finnish): guard service (especially military) service carried out by guarding

Definitions

guard service (especially military) service carried out by guarding

Ancestry of “vartiopalvelus”, step by step

vartiopalvelus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartio

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	vartio	guard, watch; troop
2	Finnish	vartija	guard
3	Finnish	-ja	-er
4	Proto-Finnic	-ja	Forms agent nouns from verbs
5	Proto-Uralic	-ja	Forms the present participle

via Finnish palvelus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	palvelus	service; favor
2	Finnish	palvella	to serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3	Finnish	palvoa	to worship; to love ardently
4	Proto-Finnic	palvodak	to ask for

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →