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Bison

Mane (Îngilîzî)

bison (Bison bison)

Têgeh

gamêşa kûvî

Hevwate

Amerikanischer Bison

Nordamerikanischer Bison

amerikanischer Büffel

Indianerbüffel

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈbiːzɔn/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin bisōn, bisōnt-, at first also in forms with -t such as Bisont. Perhaps reinforced by French bison of the same source. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz and thus a doublet of Wisent.

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