Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mo·swa

Etymology
Literally "it strips", referring to the way the animal eats (by stripping bark off trees).

Noun

 * 1) moose

Descendants

 * Plains Algonquian:
 * possibly Cheyenne ; compare
 * Central Algonquian:
 * Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi:
 * Cree:
 * East Swampy Cree:
 * West Swampy Cree:
 * Atikamekw
 * Montagnais-Naskapi:
 * East Cree:
 * Eastern Great Lakes:
 * Ojibwe-Potawatomi:
 * Western Ojibwe:
 * Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo:
 * Fox/Sauk:, possibly also
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Eastern Great Lakes:
 * Ojibwe-Potawatomi:
 * Western Ojibwe:
 * Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo:
 * Fox/Sauk:, possibly also
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo:
 * Fox/Sauk:, possibly also
 * Eastern Algonquian:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware:
 * Lenape/Delaware: