Where does “Samoyedologist” come from?
Samoyedologist (English) comes from English ologist, from English -ologist, from English ‐logist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής.
Samoyedologist (English): One who studies Samoyedic languages
Definitions
- One who studies Samoyedic languages
Ancestry of “Samoyedologist”, step by step
Samoyedologist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ologist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ologist | One who studies some branch of learning,... |
| 2 | English | -ologist | Alternative spelling of -logist |
| 3 | English | ‐logist | A person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy |
| 4 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 5 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |
via English Samoyed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Samoyed | a member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian... |
| 2 | Russian | самое́д | in the narrow sense a Nenets |
| 3 | Russian | само́- | self- |
| 4 | Russian | сам | self, -self |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | самъ | self, oneself, alone |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | samъ | self, oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sāmas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | somHós | same, alike |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |