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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pešiwa
Proto-Algonquian
Etymology
Possibly from a Proto-Algic root which was also the source of Yurok pusi/puesee (“cat”), if that term is not simply a borrowing of English pussy(cat).
Descendants
- Abenaki: bezo (“bobcat”), bezois, pezois (“housecat”)
- possibly Blackfoot póósa, if that term is not a loan from English pussy(cat)
- possibly Cheyenne póéso (“cat”), if that term is not a loan from English pussy(cat)
- Cree: pisiw / ᐱᓯᐤ (pisiw, “lynx, bobcat”)
- Miami: pinšiwa (“bobcat; housecat”)
- Ojibwe: bizhiw (“lynx”)
- Unami: pushis (“housecat”)
References
- Siebert (1967)
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