English shaman is ultimately from Evenki šamān; Russian and German mediation are historically discussed, but one fully specified immediate chain is not forced into this edge.
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shaman
a spiritual practitioner described in English by the generalized term shaman
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedEvenki · Evenki · evenki ritual specialistšamān
Evenki ritual or spiritual specialist
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A specific Siberian practitioner name was generalized in European scholarship across diverse traditions.
English record by 1698; European transmission around the turn of the eighteenth century.
Merriam-Webster Editors · Andrei A. Znamenski
established — Merriam-Webster identifies the ultimate Evenki source; Znamenski documents its transmission and Western generalization.
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Shaman — Word HistoryWord History — ultimately Evenki šamān; First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Identifies the ultimate source and reports English use in 1698.
The Beauty of the Primitive: Shamanism and Western ImaginationAbstract and chapter 1 — Siberian term introduced and generalized by European observers
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the Western transmission and later expansion of scope.
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