Where does “veräjänvartija” come from?

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

veräjänvartija (Finnish): gatekeeper, porter

Definitions

  1. gatekeeper, porter

Ancestry of “veräjänvartija”, step by step

veräjänvartija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vartija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvartijaguard
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle

via Finnish veräjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveräjägate, wicket; gate
2Old East Slavicверѣꙗ—
3Proto-Slavicverějabar, latch
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →
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