Where does “noijitus” come from?

noijitus (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian noitia, from Ingrian -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

noijitus (Ingrian): witchcraft, sorcery

Definitions

  1. witchcraft, sorcery

Ancestry of “noijitus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannoitiato bewitch
2Ingrian-iaUsed to form continuative verbs from other verbs
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →Every word from Ingrian -ia →