Samoyed

See also: samoyed

English
A Samoyed dog sitting.

Etymology

From Russian самое́д (samojéd), probably from Sami *saam-edne (“land of the people”); compare Finnish Suomi (“Finn”).[1][2]

In the course of borrowing, the word was folk-etymologically reinterpreted as сам (sam, “self, own”) + есть, ед- (jestʹ, jed-, “eat”), "self-eater."[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsæməjɛd/, /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/

Noun

Samoyed (plural Samoyeds or Samoyed)

  1. (anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
  2. (zoology) A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.
    Synonyms: Sammie, Sammy, Smiley (endearing nicknames)

Translations

References
  1. Andrei V. Golovnev and Gail Osherenko, "Siberian Survival: The Nenets and Their Story," Cornell University, 1999
  2. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  3. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Samoyed”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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