Where does “riihihaltias” come from?

riihihaltias (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian haltias — A type of spirit, either good or bad.

riihihaltias (Ingrian): A spirit that lives in a riihi and occasionally sets fire to it

Definitions

  1. A spirit that lives in a riihi and occasionally sets fire to it

Ancestry of “riihihaltias”, step by step

riihihaltias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian haltias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IngrianhaltiasA type of spirit, either good or bad

via Ingrian riihi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IngrianriihiA cabin used for drying and threshing grain
Every word from Ingrian haltias
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