Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *čəčə~*čičə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *śečä (uncle). Cognate with Moksha щ- (šč-) in щене (ščeńe, uncle), Finnish setä, Northern Sami čeahci, Western Mari чӱчӧ (čüčö), Udmurt ӵуж (čuž).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

чиче (čiče)

  1. (dated) son-in-law

Declension edit

References edit

  • Entry #60 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
  • Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “či͔če͔”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[2], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN