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The truth is, it really does mean slave
The Cree people liked to call their enemies slaves - and then English followed the practice
It isn't a linguistic accident
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The word "slave" is assumed to have come from the name "Slav" because apparently Slavs were the most common slaves back in the day.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slave
So we have Slav -> slave -> Slavey.
And now for something completely different.
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