Where does “nälkänoita” come from?

nälkänoita (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian nälkä, from Proto-Finnic nälkä, from Proto-Uralic ńäle- — to swallow.

nälkänoita (Ingrian): witch or shaman whom one needs to bring gifts as payment

Definitions

  1. witch or shaman whom one needs to bring gifts as payment

Ancestry of “nälkänoita”, step by step

nälkänoita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian nälkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannälkähunger
2Proto-Finnicnälkähunger
3Proto-Uralicńäle-to swallow

via Ingrian noita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannoitashaman, wizard, witch
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńäle- →Every word from Proto-Finnic nälkä →Every word from Ingrian nälkä →
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