Where does “noitasapatti” come from?

noitasapatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish sapatti, from Sanskrit सपत्नी, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sapátniH, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥pótnih₂ — co-wife.

noitasapatti (Finnish): Sabbath

Definitions

  1. Sabbath

Ancestry of “noitasapatti”, step by step

noitasapatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sapatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsapattiSabbath; sabbatical
2Sanskritसपत्नीa co-wife, another wife of one’s husband; a wife...
3Proto-Indo-IraniansapátniHco-wife
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥pótnih₂co-wife

via Finnish noita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnoitaA witch; Partitive plural form of nuo
2Proto-Finnicnoitawitch
3Proto-Finno-Ugricnojta
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥pótnih₂Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian sapátniHEvery word from Sanskrit सपत्नी