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minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoSven is more of a Germanic name, in Siberia reindeer herders are definitely not speaking Germanic languages.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoIt’s a line from a song, the reindeer’s name was Sven. But yes, I did think about that after I posted my comment… And honestly even the reindeer herders in Scandinavia are probably mostly Saami, so it would be more accurate to use a Finnic name anyway…
Sven is more of a Germanic name, in Siberia reindeer herders are definitely not speaking Germanic languages.
It’s a line from a song, the reindeer’s name was Sven. But yes, I did think about that after I posted my comment…
And honestly even the reindeer herders in Scandinavia are probably mostly Saami, so it would be more accurate to use a Finnic name anyway…