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Samoyed

Pronunciation: /ˈsæməjɛd/

The English word “Samoyed” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
  2. A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to this people.

Etymology

From Russian самое́д (samojéd), probably from Sami *saam-edne (“land of the people”); compare Finnish Suomi (“Finn”). In the course of borrowing, the word was folk-etymologically reinterpreted as сам (sam, “self, own”) + есть, ед- (jestʹ, jed-, “eat”), "self-eater."

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