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Where does “hespan” come from?

hespan (Dutch) comes from Munsee éespan, from Proto-Algonquian e·hsepana — raccoon.

hespan (Dutch): raccoon

Definitions

  1. raccoon

Ancestry of “hespan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Munseeéespan—
2Proto-Algonquiane·hsepanaraccoon
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