Where does “yövartija” come from?

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

yövartija (Finnish): night guard, night watchman

Definitions

  1. night guard, night watchman

Ancestry of “yövartija”, step by step

yövartija 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 yö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyöperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

Words derived from “yövartija”

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