Where does “noita” come from?

noita (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic noita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta.

noita (Karelian): witch

Definitions

  1. witch

Ancestry of “noita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicnoitawitch
2Proto-Finno-Ugricnojta—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta →Every word from Proto-Finnic noita →