Samoyedic

Sam·o·yed also Sam·o·yede  (sm-yd, -oi-d, s-moid)

n.

1. See Nenets.

2. Any of a breed of medium-sized dog originally developed in northern Eurasia, having a thick, long, white or cream-colored coat.

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[Obsolete Russian samoyed (samo-, self; see samovar + -ed, eater; see ed- in Indo-European roots), by folk etymology from Lapp sm emne, land of the Sami.]

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Samo·yed adj.

Samo·yedic adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Samoyedic - the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia Samoyed Uralic, Uralic language - a family of Ural-Altaic languages Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed - a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian, Yenisei - the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian Nganasan - the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup - the Uralic language spoken by the Ostyak-Samoyed