Etymology

shamanism

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Today it means: Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world. Full definition →

English shaman ← German Schamane ← Russian шама́н (šamán)
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The story

  1. Proto-Tungusic*samān
  2. Evenkiсама̄н (samān)
  3. Russianшама́н (šamán)
  4. GermanSchamane
  5. Englishshaman
  6. English todayshamanism

From shaman + -ism.

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