Bison
German (Berlin)
/ˈbiːzɔn/
noun
Definitions
- bison (Bison bison)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bison derived from French bison derived from Old French bison derived from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (wild ox, aurochs, wisent, bison).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wisundaz
Gloss
wild ox, aurochs, wisent, bison
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Athabasca English
- bison English
- bison Latin
- bisōn Latin
- bisōnt-, bisōn, bison Latin
- bizon Dutch, Flemish
- bison French
- бизо́н Russian
- бизон Russian
- bisonte Spanish, Castilian
- *wisAn- Proto-Indo-European
- bisão Portuguese
- *wisundaz Proto-Germanic
- bizon Polish
- bisontes, bison Middle English
- bison Old French
- bizon Serbo-Croatian
- bisonte Galician
- bizon Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- wisunt Old High German
- Bison bison athabascae Translingual
- Bison bison bison Translingual
- bison Norman
- *wisund Old Saxon