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[โ€“] Riverside@reddthat.com 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Sven is more of a Germanic name, in Siberia reindeer herders are definitely not speaking Germanic languages.

[โ€“] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

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...