Where does “noitasana” come from?

noitasana (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian sana, from Proto-Finnic sana — word.

noitasana (Ingrian): spell

Definitions

  1. spell

Ancestry of “noitasana”, step by step

noitasana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian sana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriansanaword; news, tidings
2Proto-Finnicsanaword

via Ingrian noita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriannoitashaman, wizard, witch
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