Samoyed

Meaning

Noun

a member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages
a hardy breed of dog from Siberia

Origin

From Russian самое́д, probably from *saam-edne; compare Finnish Suomi ("Finn").
Russian folk etymology derived the term from сам + есть, "self eaters."

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