низаня

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ńizańa, compounded from *ńizə +‎ *ańa. The first component is from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *nisɜ (“woman, wife”), whence Northern Sami nisu (“woman”). The second component may be from Proto-Uralic *ańa (“wife of an older male relative; mother”) and cognate with Hungarian anya (“mother”).

Pronunciation

Noun

низаня • (nizańa)

  1. mother-in-law (wife's mother)
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 24:
      I samsto Jisus Petreń kudozonzo nejeź, nizańazo sońze madeź eś ormaso.
      When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

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