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Proto-Germanic: *wísunda-z
Meaning: wild ox
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old English: wesend (wesand, weosend, wusend), -es m. `bison, buffalo, wild ox'
Middle Dutch: wēsent
Middle Low German: wēsent
Old High German: { wisant }, wisunt (um 800) `bubalus, Wisent'
Middle High German: wisent(e), wisant st./wk. m. 'wisent, bisonochse'
German: Wisent
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-oengl,germet-mdutch,germet-mlg,germet-ohg,germet-mhg,germet-hg,

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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *wisAn-
Meaning: aurochs, auroch's horn
Old Indian: viṣāṇa- n., viṣāṇā f. `horn, tusk; tip, point'
Slavic: *zǭbrъ, *zǭbrь, *jьzǭbrь
Baltic: *wisamb-a-, *wisamb-r-a- m.; *s(t)umbr-a- m.
Germanic: *wísun-d-a- m.
Russ. meaning: скот (зубр); (зубров ?) рог
References: WP I 315, Fraenkel 932
Comments: Slav jь- < *vь-, like *vīvьlgā/*jīvьlgā, etc.
piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-slav,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,

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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *wisamb-a-, *wisamb-r-a- m.; *s(t)umbr-a- m.
Meaning: aurochs
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: stum̃bra-s 'Wisent, Bison, Büffel, Auerochse'
Lettish: stumbrs, stumbris, sumbrs, sũbrs 'Auerochse'
Old Prussian: wissambrs, wissambris 'Auerochs' V. 649
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