bison (European bison), wisent · diehard, ace, pro · reactionary (comparison of supporters of a return to the old order with obsolete forms of life, i.e. endangered bison)
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (TWRAmyš /gāw-mēš/, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”) and میش (miš, “ewe”) for the constituents. Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ (gāmōšā) and Old Georgian კამბეჩი (ḳambeči) are borrowed from Middle Iranian languages.
a buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or species Syncerus caffer
çekim: çoğul buffels
köken: From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Vulgar Latin *būvalusbor. Proto-Slavic *byvolъ Old Polish bawół Polish bawół Inherited from Old Polish bawół.
buffalo · water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) · laptop computer
çekim: çoğul भैंसें
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀲𑀻 (mahisī), from Sanskrit महिष (mahiṣa). Cognate with Nepali भैंसी (bha͠isī), Gujarati ભેંસ (bhẽs), Marathi म्हैस (mhais), Punjabi ਮ੍ਹੈਂਸ (mhains).
köken: Borrowed from English bison, from Old French bison, from Latin bisōn, bisōnt- (“wild ox”), from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“wild ox, aurochs”), from Proto-Indo-European *wisAn- (“aurochs, aurochs horn”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, melt”).
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бꙑволъ (byvolŭ), from Proto-Slavic *byvolъ, from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Doublet of bour, which was inherited from Latin.
köken: 1st century; together with Ancient Greek βίσων (bísōn) (2nd century; cf. modern Greek βίσονας (vísonas)) borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz (“bison, wisent”).
Partly inherited from, and partly a 19th-century revival of, Middle High German wisent (Brehms Tierleben, 1863–1869), from Old High German wisunt, wisant, from Proto-Germanic *wisundaz. Due to the learned origin, typically pronounced with a full vowel in the unstressed syllable. Doublet of Bison.