тейтерь

Erzya

Alternative forms

  • тӓйтерь (täjteŕ)

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ťejťəŕ, probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic *duktē (compare Lithuanian duktė). Related to Finnish tytär and Pite Sami dakter or comes from the same Baltic root.

Noun

тейтерь • (tejteŕ)

  1. girl
  2. daughter

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “t́ejt́̀er”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “тейтерь”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
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