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Samoyed

sa·moyed

UK/ˈsæməjɛd/ US/səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/ uncommon

noun

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the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed people in northwestern Siberia

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3.

Siberian breed of white or cream dog of the spitz family

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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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