köken: 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.
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: Borrowed from German Wisent in the 19th century. The native word, Middle Dutch wesende, from Old Dutch *wisent (in the placename Wisenthurst) had by then long been obsolete due to the medieval extinction of the species in Western Europe. Breeding programmes and the establishment of several viable herds in the Netherlands has since the early 21st century rendered the word familiar to a broader…
European bison, wisent, zubr (Bos bonasus) · Żubr beer · Żubr A80 (any of the line of lorries manufactured in Jelcz-Laskowice between 1960 and 1968)
çekim: çoğul żubry · tamlayan żubra
eş: gw. (Górny Śląsk) żuber
köken: Inherited from Old Polish zubr, from Old Ruthenian зубръ (zubr). The current form being żubr and not zubr is a result of hypercorrection due to avoiding mazuration.