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bison

bison · m

a species of wild ox living in northern regions

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. bĭson — Lewis & Short

bĭson, ontis, m., = bi/swn [acc. to Oppian. Cyn. 2, 155, named from the Thracian *bi/stones],

I a species of wild ox living in northern regions, the Urus, the humpbacked ox, bison: Bos bison, Linn.; Plin. 8, 15, 15, § 38; Sen. Hippol. 65; Mart. Spect. 23, 4; Sol. 20.

2. bisön — Walde–Hofmann

bisön, -ontis m. ,Auerochs, Bos Bison" (seit Sen): trotz gall. Bisontit, Vesontio (-e- unurspr.?) „Besangen* (Amm. 15, 11, 11) und Visontium in Nordspanien und Pannonien wohl nicht keltisches (Dottin 234, Holder 1 427), sondern germ. Lehnwort, vgl. ahd. usw. wisant wisunt , Wisent*, apr. wissambrs ,Auerochs*, idg. *uis-on-to- ,moschusriechend* ? S. Walde-P. I 244. 315 (m. a. Deutungen), Schrader RL II? 60, Petersson … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bisön, p. 139]

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Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. bisön (scan pp. 139-140; entry #413). Root candidates: *glei-.

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