Etymology

Oymyakon

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Today it means: A village in Sakha, Russia, known for being one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth. Full definition →

Russian Оймякон ← Yakut Өймөкөөн ← eve хэюм
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The story

  1. eve · derived fromхэюм“place of non-freezing water; a place where fish spend the winter”
  2. Yakut · borrowed fromӨймөкөөн
  3. Russian · borrowed fromОймякон
  4. English todayOymyakon

Borrowed from Russian Оймякон (Ojmjakon), in turn from Yakut Өймөкөөн (Öymököön), in turn derived from Even хэюм (həjum, “place of non-freezing water; a place where fish spend the winter”).

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