Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·hsepana

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

• Central Algonquian:
  • Menominee: ɛ·hsepan (“raccoon”)
  • Potawatomi: éspen
  • Atikamekw: esipan
  • Ojibwe: esiban (“raccoon”)
  • Algonquin: esiban
  • Northwestern Ojibwa: esban
  • Ottawa: esban
  • Fox: êthepana (“raccoon”)
  • Miami: eehsipana (“raccoon”)
  • Kickapoo: eeθepana
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Penobscot: ésəpanəss
  • Abenaki: asban
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: espons
  • Mohegan-Pequot: áhsup
  • Nanticoke: echsup
  • Massachusett: aûsup
  • Munsee: éespan
    • → Dutch: hespan
    • → Jersey Dutch: häspân
    • → Swedish: espan

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")