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Where does “musquash” come from?

musquash (English) comes from Abenaki moskwas, from Proto-Algonquian *waʔšaškwa.

musquash (English): The muskrat, "Ondatra zibethicus"

Definitions

  1. The muskrat, "Ondatra zibethicus"

Ancestry of “musquash”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Abenakimoskwasmuskrat, musquash
2Proto-Algonquian*waʔšaškwa—
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