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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/noita
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *nojta. Cognate with Proto-Samic *noajtē.
Noun
*noita
- witch
Inflection
Inflection of *noita
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *noita | *noidat | |
accusative | *noidan | *noidat | |
genitive | *noidan | *noitaden *noiteiden | |
partitive | *noitada | *noiteida | |
inessive | *noidassa *noidahna | *noideissa *noideihna | |
elative | *noidasta | *noideista | |
illative | *noitahen | *noiteihen | |
adessive | *noidalla | *noideilla | |
ablative | *noidalta | *noideilta | |
allative | *noitalen *noitalek | *noiteilen *noiteilek | |
essive | *noitana | *noiteina | |
translative | *noidaksi | *noideiksi | |
instructive | *noidan | *noidein | |
comitative | *noitanek | *noiteinek | |
abessive | *noidatta | *noideitta |
Derived terms
- *noitudak
Descendants
- Estonian: nõid
- Finnish: noita
- Ingrian: noita
- Karelian: noita
- Ludian: noid
- Veps: noid
- Võro: nõid
- Votic: nõitõ
References
- nõid in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN