Samoyed
Meanings
noun
- A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
- A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.
adj
- Of or pertaining to this people.
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog)
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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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