Where does “noitarovio” come from?

noitarovio (Finnish) comes from Finnish noita, from Proto-Finnic noita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta.

noitarovio (Finnish): witch burning pyre

Definitions

  1. witch burning pyre

Ancestry of “noitarovio”, step by step

noitarovio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish noita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnoitaA witch; Partitive plural form of nuo
2Proto-Finnicnoitawitch
3Proto-Finno-Ugricnojta—

via Finnish rovio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroviobonfire large, controlled outdoor fire
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta →Every word from Proto-Finnic noita →Every word from Finnish noita →