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BIBLIOGRAPHIC IDENTITYmw-moose

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Moose — Word History

AUTHOR / EDITOR
Merriam-Webster Editors
YEAR
2026
PUBLISHER
Merriam-Webster
DOI
Not recorded
SOURCE TYPE
historical dictionary
EXTERNAL RECORD
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2CANONICAL EDGES
1WITNESSES
1COMPARISONS
0CONTEXT LINKS
1RANKED REVEALS
1DISPUTES
2JOURNEY STAGES
1WORD DOSSIERS
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS

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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

Word History — Algonquian origin

Secures the Indigenous family source.

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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT

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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS

EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE

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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
Word History — of Algonquian origin; akin to Massachusett moos

Secures the family attribution and one related form.

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EDGE 333supportsboundary

mos / moos → UNKNOWN

Eastern Algonquian source (variety unresolved) → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
The donor variety and deeper reconstructed path are not promoted beyond the evidence reviewed here.
MEANING
The route stops rather than converting cognates into a false direct lineage.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary
Word History — broad Algonquian origin

The broad label supports preserving donor-variety uncertainty.

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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS

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mooseSOURCE-REPORTED

moose

English lexicographic first-use record for moose

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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE

COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES

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moose

moos

Massachusett

closely related Eastern Algonquian form cited by Merriam-Webster; not uniquely proven as the direct donor

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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS

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NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS

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WORD-FAMILY REUSE

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