Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/osana

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This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean

Noun

*osana[1]

  1. otter

Descendants

  • Chickasaw: oshun (only in Humes' dictionary, not found by Munro)
  • Choctaw: oshan
  • Creek: osana
  • Koasati: osana
  • Mikasuki: osaani

References

  1. ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.