Where does “moose” come from?

I appreciate the careful instructions, but I notice there's a mismatch in the prompt: you've asked me to write an etymology for "moose" but provided a Japanese chain (むすめ, which means "daughter"). Could you clarify: Should I write the etymology for: 1. **moose** (the large North American animal) using an actual etymological chain, or 2. **むすめ** (musume) using the chain provided? For moose, the actual chain would be: English moose ← Algonquian languages (Powhatan *moosw, etc.), but I want to confirm that's what you're requesting before I write the summary sentence.

moose (English): The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers

Definitions

  1. The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers

Ancestry of “moose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseむすめ娘: girl; daughter

Words derived from “moose

Every word from Japanese むすめ
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