Chukhna

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An ethnographic illustration of a chukhna peasant, 1799

Chukhna, Chukhnas, Chukhontsy (singular: Chukhonets (male), Chukhonka (female)) is an obsolete Russian term for some Finnic peoples: Finns, Estonians, Karelians, Ingrian Finns.

It is thought to be a derivative from the ethnonym Chud.[1]

The 18th century Linguarum totius orbis vocabularia comparativa of Peter Simon Pallas has a vocabulary of the "Chukhna language".

St. Petersburg.[2]

In modern usage, the words are considered

ethnic slurs for Finns and Estonians.[3][4]

In 2000, TV-journalist

Arkhangelsk region, Karelia ... By the way, we have discussed this with Sveta Sorokina who is from St. Petersburg. I am also partly from St. Petersburg, because I studied in St. Petersburg. And we said this is ours, and many do not know that "chukhon" is northern Russia. As a matter of fact, I am also a chukhon by birth. Yesenin has a verse line: "Russia has got lost in Mordva and Chud."[5]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780203205839
    . Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  2. ^ Вл. Даль. "Трескаться" [Explanatory Dictionary of Russian language]. Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка. Vol. IV (6th ed.). М.: Гос. изд-во иностр. и национ. словарей, 1955. p. 429.
  3. ISBN 978-0-313-32773-5
    . Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ISBN 978-1-4426-4892-0
    . Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Modest Northern Charm". womanhit.ru (in Russian). 5 February 2001. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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