Where does “-ĉjo” come from?

-ĉjo (Esperanto) comes from Russian -ша, from Low German -sche — creates the female form of persons or animals.

-ĉjo (Esperanto): Forms affectionate derivatives of masculine names

Definitions

  1. Forms affectionate derivatives of masculine names

Ancestry of “-ĉjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-шагенера́л + API → генера́льша; секрета́рь + API...
2Low German-schecreates the female form of persons or animals

Words derived from “-ĉjo”

Every word from Low German -sche →Every word from Russian -ша →