Where does “nõid” come from?

nõid (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic noita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta.

nõid (Estonian): witch; shaman; sorcerer, wizard

Definitions

  1. witch; shaman; sorcerer, wizard

Ancestry of “nõid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicnoitawitch
2Proto-Finno-Ugricnojta—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta →Every word from Proto-Finnic noita →
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