чудь
Russian
Etymology
According to Vasmer, the term probably originally referred to Germanic people, and derives from Proto-Slavic *ťuďь (“foreign, strange”), from Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda, “people”); compare to чужо́й (čužój). Alternatively, perhaps related to Sami čuđđe (“enemy”), but that would require early contact between East Slavs and Sami, and the Sami word might rather be a loanword from Slavic.
The Sami word can be explained as a loan from Slavic during the war between Sami and the Čuđek (if this war has any historical evidence). [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕʉtʲ]
Audio (file) - Homophones: чуть (čutʹ)
Noun
чудь • (čudʹ) f inan (genitive чу́ди, uncountable, related adjective чудско́й)
- (collective)Chud
- a Subterranean wight living usually inside of mountains or burial mounds [2]
Declension
Declension of чудь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | чу́дь čúdʹ |
| genitive | чу́ди čúdi |
| dative | чу́ди čúdi |
| accusative | чу́дь čúdʹ |
| instrumental | чу́дью čúdʹju |
| prepositional | чу́ди čúdi |
Related terms
- чудин (čudin)
- чудско́й (čudskój)
- Чудско́е о́зеро (Čudskóje ózero)
- чухна́ (čuxná)
- чухо́нец (čuxónec)
- чучка (čučka) [3]
- tuss (identical creature in Norwegian folklore)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чудь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- J.A. Friis (1871) Lappiske Eventyr og Folkesagn
- S. Korolyova (2014) Чудь с русскими именами : кого и как поминают на чудских могильниках
- S. Korolyova (2014) Чудь с русскими именами : кого и как поминают на чудских могильниках