Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·hsepana

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This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Algonquian

Noun

*e·hsepana

  1. raccoon

Descendants

References

  • Siebert (1967)
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
  • Somerset County Historical Quarterly, volume 6 (says the Jersey Dutch pronounce it "haspawn")