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From the language of Northern Russia, Mammot. The English word just refers to the animals enormous size

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Ostyak, a Finni-Ugric language (same language group as Finnish) from Russia.

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First attest 1706, from Rus mammot', probably from Ostyak (a Finno-Ugric language of northern Russia, cf. proto-Finnish maa "earth").

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