bison

Mane (Îngilîzî)

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Têgeh

gamêşa kûvî

Hevwate

buffalo

aurochs

American buffalo

American bison

american buffaloes

wild buffalo

wild cow

wisent

Buffalo

wild ox

Werger

bison

bisonte

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Bison

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bisão

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bisonte

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bizon

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bisonte

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Wisent

bisão-americano

auroque

bisão-europeu

βίσονας

bisó

بيسون

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈbaɪ̯sən/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: bison

Hevwate bi Old High German: wisunt

Hevwate bi almanî: Wisent

Hevwate bi Old English: wesend

Hevwate bi Middle Dutch: wesent

In summary

From Middle English bysontes, bysountes pl, from Middle French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”).
The Latin term is recorded in the 1st century, likely a direct loan from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”) (see for full etymology). Akin to Old High German wisunt (“bison”), German Wisent (“bison”), Old English wesend, wusend (“bison, buffalo, wild ox”), Middle Dutch wēsent (“wild ox”). Doublet of wisent.