Finnish kaitsea

← Estonian kaitsma (cognate)

← Estonian kaitsema (mention)

← Proto-Finnic *kaiccedak (inherited)

← Veps kaita (cognate)

← Võro kaitsma (mention)

→ Finnish kaitselmus (affix)

→ Finnish kaita (mention)

→ Finnish kaitsija (affix)

→ Finnish kaitseminen (affix)