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ayassimew
Innu (Montagnais) · pre-1600s
"Inuit person"
an Algonquian term referring to Inuit peoples, later corrupted by European traders
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huskemaw
English · 1700s
"an Inuit person, later an Arctic sled dog"
Newfoundland English corruption of 'Esquimaux', applied to Arctic sled dogs
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husky
English · 1852
"a strong Arctic sled dog breed"
shortened form settled as the name of the northern sled-dog breed
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