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institutional referencelanguage-museum-indigenous-loans
Indigenous Languages in Canada — English loans
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Canadian Language Museum
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- Canadian Language Museum · York University
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- institutional reference
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
RANK 178GRADE A-supports
It is not a failed Germanic plural.
English borrowed an Algonquian animal name; Massachusett moos and Eastern Abenaki mos are related evidence, while the exact donor remains unresolved.
mos / moos
mos / moos → moose
English loan examples — Eastern Abenaki mosAdds a specific Eastern Algonquian cognate.
moose dossier ↗truth record ↗83UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opencontextprobable
Which Eastern Algonquian language directly supplied moose?
The family source is secure, but related Massachusett moos and Eastern Abenaki mos do not by themselves identify one unique direct donor.
English loan examples — Eastern Abenaki mosAdds a second specific related form.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 332supportsprobable
moose → mos / moos
Present-Day English → Eastern Algonquian source (variety unresolved) · proposed borrowing
- SOUND
- English moose reflects a closely matching Eastern Algonquian animal name such as moos or mos.
- MEANING
- The animal referent remained stable.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · Canadian Language Museum
English loan examples — Eastern Abenaki mos “moose”Supplies an additional Eastern Algonquian form while not proving unique donor status.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
No lexical witness currently cites this source.
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
mos
Eastern Abenakiclosely matching Eastern Algonquian form documented by the Canadian Language Museum
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
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stage 1context
Eastern Algonquian language region
Adds a related regional form without selecting one donor.
English loan examples — Eastern Abenaki mos · broad070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
No non-genealogical context link currently cites this source.
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WORD-FAMILY REUSE
DOSSIERS THAT DEPEND ON THIS SOURCE
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