Where does “noitavaino” come from?

noitavaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish Väinö, from Finnish Väinämöinen, from Finnish väinä — Synonym of suvanto.

noitavaino (Finnish): witch-hunt

Definitions

  1. witch-hunt

Ancestry of “noitavaino”, step by step

noitavaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Väinö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishVäinöpersecution
2FinnishVäinämöinenThe main hero of the Finnish national epic Kalevala
3FinnishväinäSynonym of suvanto

via Finnish noita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnoitaA witch; Partitive plural form of nuo
2Proto-Finnicnoitawitch
3Proto-Finno-Ugricnojta—
Every word from Finnish väinä →Every word from Finnish Väinämöinen →Every word from Finnish Väinö →