урьва

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *orpa (“a kind of relative: brother, sister, male or female cousin etc.”). Akin to Moksha ърьвя (əŕvä). Other possible cognates include Finnish orpana, Kildin Sami вуэррьпенҍ (vuerr’pjen’).

Noun

урьва • (uŕva)

1. a man’s daughter-in-law

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “урьва”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1462 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.