Where does “noitarumpu” come from?

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

noitarumpu (Finnish): Literally witch drum, actually a drum used by...

Definitions

  1. Literally witch drum, actually a drum used by...

Ancestry of “noitarumpu”, step by step

noitarumpu 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 rumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrumpudrum; cylinder; underpass built under e.g. roads...
2Old Swedishtrumba—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta →Every word from Proto-Finnic noita →Every word from Finnish noita →