*fuhsaz

Runic: ᚠᚢᚺᛊᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɸux.sɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

fox

From Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (‘the tailed one’). Cognate with Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha) (púccha, ‘tail, rod’), Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬯𐬀 (pusa) (pusa).

*fuhs (Proto-West Germanic)
- fus, vus (Old Dutch)
  - vos (Middle Dutch)
    - vósj (Limburgish)
*fuhs (Proto-West Germanic)
- fus, vus (Old Dutch)
  - vos (Middle Dutch)
    - vos (Dutch)
      - vos (Afrikaans)
      - vośe (Jersey Dutch)
      - vos (Negerhollands)
*fuhs (Proto-West Germanic)
- fox (Old English)
  - fox, vox, wox (Middle English)
    - fox (English)
    - fox (Scots)
    - voxe, vox (Yola)
*fuhs (Proto-West Germanic)
- *foks (Old Frisian)
  - foos (North Frisian)
  - Foaks (Saterland Frisian)
  - foks (West Frisian)
*fuhs (Proto-West Germanic)
- fuhs (Old High German)
  - vuhs (Middle High German)
    - Fuchs, Fugs (Alemannic German)
    - Fuchs (Bavarian)
    - Fuss, Fuhs, Fuchs (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - ? (East Franconian)
    - Fuchs (German)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - Fuchs (Swabian)
    - פֿוקס (fuks) (Yiddish)
*fuhs (Proto-West Germanic)
- fohs, fuhs (Old Saxon)
  - vos, vōs (Middle Low German)
    - fos (Danish)
    - fox (Icelandic)
    - Foss (Plautdietsch)
*fuhs (Proto-West Germanic)
- fohs, fuhs (Old Saxon)
  - vos, vōs (Middle Low German)
    - ? (Low German)
      - vos (Dutch Low Saxon)
      - Voß, Voss (German Low German)
      - ? (Westphalian)