Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·hsepana

This Proto-Algonquian entry contains reconstructed words 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

raccoon

Descendants

Central Algonquian:
- Menominee: ɛ·hsepan (“raccoon”)
- Ojibwe: esiban (“raccoon”)
- Fox: êthepana (“raccoon”)
- Miami: eehsipana (“raccoon”)
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: asban (“raccoon”)
- Mohegan-Pequot: áhsup
- Munsee: é·span (“raccoon”)
  - → 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")