Where does “yövartio” come from?

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

yövartio (Finnish): night watch, vigil

Definitions

  1. night watch, vigil

Ancestry of “yövartio”, step by step

yövartio 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 yö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyöperiod of day Previous: iltayö Next: aamuyö;...
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ja →Every word from Finnish -ja →Every word from Finnish vartija →