Norwegian Buhund

English

Etymology

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”).

Noun

Norwegian Buhund (plural Norwegian Buhunds)

1. (zoology) 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.

Translations

breed of dog

• Finnish: buhund
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: norsk buhund m

Further reading

• Norwegian Buhund on Wikipedia.Wikipedia