Etymology

lapphund

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Today it means: A type of spitz, traditionally used to herd reindeer Full definition →

Swedish lapphund
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  1. Swedish · borrowed fromlapphund
  2. English todaylapphund

From Swedish lapphund, from lapp (“Lapp”) + hund (“dog”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.