English words of Sámi origin are relatively rare, having usually entered the English language via some other language.
Some words specific to the Arctic environment have been loaned to English, specifically: (archaic) morse ('walrus') â Sámi morà ¡a (via Slavic); and tundra â Kildin Sámi tà «nndra 'to the treeless plain' (via Russian). In Kildin Sámi, the word for tundra is tà «ndâr (tà «nndra is in the illative case or the diminutive derivative). Words from Northern Sámi include Duodji, Sieidi and Yoik.