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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·hsepana

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*e·hsepana

  1. raccoon

Descendants
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Menominee: ɛ·hsepan (“raccoon”)
    • Ojibwe: esiban (“raccoon”)
    • Fox: êthepana (“raccoon”)
    • Miami: eehsipana (“raccoon”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: asban (“raccoon”)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: áhsup
    • Munsee: é·span (“raccoon”)

References
  • Siebert (1967)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Somerset County Historical Quarterly, volume 6 (says the Jersey Dutch pronounce it "haspawn")
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