Etymology

Norwegian Buhund

Today it means: A breed of dog of the spitz type, used as an all-purpose farm and herding dog, as well as a watchdog and a nanny dog. Full definition →

Norwegian buhund
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  1. Norwegian · derived frombuhund
  2. English todayNorwegian Buhund

From Norwegian + Norwegian buhund, from bu (“homestead, a simple building or mountain hut (where the shepherd lived while looking after his herd in the summer) but can also mean stock, as in livestock”) + hund (“dog”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.