Samoyed

See also: samoyed

English edit

A Samoyed dog sitting.

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsæməjɛd/, /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/

Noun edit

Samoyed (plural Samoyeds or Samoyed)

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

Translations edit

person

Catalan: samoiede m, samoieda f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 薩莫耶德人／萨莫耶德人 (sàmòyédérén), 薩摩耶人／萨摩耶人 (sàmóyérén)
Czech: Samojed (cs) m
Finnish: samojedi (fi)
French: Samoyède (fr) sg
Japanese: サモエード人 (samoēdojin), サモイェード (samoyēdo)
Russian: самоди́ец (ru) m (samodíjec), не́нец (ru) m (nénec), самое́д (ru) m (samojéd) (dated)
Spanish: samoyedo m

dog

Catalan: samoiede m
Czech: samojed (cs) m
Finnish: samojedi (fi), samojedinkoira (fi)
French: samoyède (fr) sg
Japanese: サモエド犬 (samoedoken)
Macedonian: самојед m (samojed)
Malay: anjing Samoyed
Russian: самое́д (ru) m (samojéd), самое́дская ла́йка f (samojédskaja lájka), самое́дская соба́ка f (samojédskaja sobáka)
Spanish: samoyedo m

References edit

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

Anagrams edit

some day, someday

[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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