Where does “nõid” come from?

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

nõid (Võro): witch; sorcerer, wizard

Definitions

  1. witch; sorcerer, wizard

Ancestry of “nõid”, step by step

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