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Where does “Bissonnette” come from?

Bissonnette (English) comes from French Bissonnette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

Ancestry of “Bissonnette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchBissonnette—
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta—
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?
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