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Where does “mus” come from?

mus (Unami) comes from Proto-Algonquian mo·swa — moose.

mus (Unami): elk, moose

Definitions

  1. elk, moose

Ancestry of “mus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianmo·swamoose
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