Where does “noitapiiri” come from?

noitapiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.

noitapiiri (Finnish): coven formal group or assembly of witches

Definitions

  1. coven formal group or assembly of witches

Ancestry of “noitapiiri”, step by step

noitapiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
2Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
3Proto-Uralicpirecircle

via Finnish noita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnoitaA witch; Partitive plural form of nuo
2Proto-Finnicnoitawitch
3Proto-Finno-Ugricnojta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →
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