Where does “hooso” come from?

hooso (Yaqui) comes from Spanish oso, from Old Spanish osso, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.

hooso (Yaqui): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “hooso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishosobear; boar, male bear
2Old Spanishossobear
3Latinursusa bear
4Proto-Italic*orsos
Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos