Where does “Fuchs” come from?
Fuchs comes from Middle High German vuhs, Old High German fuhs, and Proto-Germanic fuhsaz, from the Proto-Indo-European root puḱ-.
Ancestry of “Fuchs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fuchs | fox; a clever or cunning person; a red-haired... |
| 2 | German | Feist | fart |
| 3 | Middle High German | veizet | — |
| 4 | Old High German | feizzit | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | faitid | fattened, made fat |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fait | fat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | faitaz | fat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | poyH- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |