Where does “noituus” come from?
noituus (Finnish) comes from Finnish noita, from Proto-Finnic noita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta.
noituus (Finnish): witchcraft, sorcery
Ancestry of “noituus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | noita | A witch; Partitive plural form of nuo |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | noita | witch |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | nojta | — |