From *ťudь (“foreign people”) + *-jь (attested in Old East Slavic чудь (čudĭ, “Chud people”), an exonym for Baltic Finns), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”) via:
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian tautà (“people”), Latvian tàuta (“people”), tauto (“people”). Probably also cognate with Hungarian tót (“Slavic person (Slovak, Croat)”).
For the meaning compare *ľudьskъ (“foreign”) (< *ľudъ/*ľudь (“people”)), Polish obcy (“unfamiliar”) (< *obьťь (“common”)) and also Tocharian A lyutan (“loca externa”)
Accent paradigm с.
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ťuďь | *ťuďa | *ťuďe |
genitive | *ťuďa | *ťuďę̇ | *ťuďa |
dative | *ťuďu | *ťuďi | *ťuďu |
accusative | *ťuďь | *ťuďǫ | *ťuďe |
instrumental | *ťuďemь | *ťuďejǫ | *ťuďemь |
locative | *ťuďi | *ťuďi | *ťuďi |
vocative | *ťuďu | *ťuďe | *ťuďe |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *ťuďa | *ťuďi | *ťuďi |
genitive | *ťuďu | *ťuďu | *ťuďu |
dative | *ťuďema | *ťuďama | *ťuďema |
accusative | *ťuďa | *ťuďi | *ťuďi |
instrumental | *ťuďema | *ťuďama | *ťuďema |
locative | *ťuďu | *ťuďu | *ťuďu |
vocative | *ťuďa | *ťuďi | *ťuďi |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *ťuďi | *ťuďę̇ | *ťuďa |
genitive | *ťuďь | *ťuďь | *ťuďь |
dative | *ťuďemъ | *ťuďamъ | *ťuďemъ |
accusative | *ťuďę̇ | *ťuďę̇ | *ťuďa |
instrumental | *ťuďi | *ťuďami | *ťuďi |
locative | *ťuďixъ | *ťuďaxъ | *ťuďixъ |
vocative | *ťuďi | *ťuďę̇ | *ťuďa |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *ťuďьjь | *ťuďaja | *ťuďeje |
genitive | *ťuďajego | *ťuďę̇ję̇ | *ťuďajego |
dative | *ťuďujemu | *ťuďiji | *ťuďujemu |
accusative | *ťuďьjь | *ťuďǫjǫ | *ťuďeje |
instrumental | *ťuďijimь | *ťuďǫjǫ | *ťuďijimь |
locative | *ťuďijemь | *ťuďiji | *ťuďijemь |
vocative | *ťuďьjь | *ťuďaja | *ťuďeje |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *ťuďaja | *ťuďiji | *ťuďiji |
genitive | *ťuďuju | *ťuďuju | *ťuďuju |
dative | *ťuďijima | *ťuďijima | *ťuďijima |
accusative | *ťuďaja | *ťuďiji | *ťuďiji |
instrumental | *ťuďijima | *ťuďijima | *ťuďijima |
locative | *ťuďuju | *ťuďuju | *ťuďuju |
vocative | *ťuďaja | *ťuďiji | *ťuďiji |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *ťuďiji | *ťuďę̇ję̇ | *ťuďaja |
genitive | *ťuďьjixъ | *ťuďьjixъ | *ťuďьjixъ |
dative | *ťuďijimъ | *ťuďijimъ | *ťuďijimъ |
accusative | *ťuďę̇ję̇ | *ťuďę̇ję̇ | *ťuďaja |
instrumental | *ťuďijimi | *ťuďijimi | *ťuďijimi |
locative | *ťuďijixъ | *ťuďijixъ | *ťuďijixъ |
vocative | *ťuďiji | *ťuďę̇ję̇ | *ťuďaja |
South Slavic *tuďь probably from dissimilation, though Baltic cognates have similar vocalism. Vasmer explains Church Slavonic and Bulgarian 'ч' ('щ' is expected) as influence of чудо (čudo, “wonder, miracle”).