Where does “vartiorikos” come from?

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

vartiorikos (Finnish): criminal offense of neglecting one's military guard or sentry duty

Definitions

  1. criminal offense of neglecting one's military guard or sentry duty

Ancestry of “vartiorikos”, step by step

vartiorikos 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 rikos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikoscrime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a...
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →