Where does “vartiovuoro” come from?

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

vartiovuoro (Finnish): watch, vigil, guard duty

Definitions

  1. watch, vigil, guard duty

Ancestry of “vartiovuoro”, step by step

vartiovuoro 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 vuoro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuoroturn; shift; A means of transportation that runs...
2Proto-Finnicvooroturn (chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others; spell of work)
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →