Where does “nõid” come from?
nõid (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic noita, from Proto-Finno-Ugric nojta.
nõid (Võro): witch; sorcerer, wizard
Ancestry of “nõid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | noita | witch |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | nojta | — |