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Where does “Fuchsian” come from?

Fuchsian (English) comes from English Fuchs, from German Fuchs, from German Feist, from Middle High German veizet, from Old High German feizzit, from Proto-West Germanic faitid, from Proto-West Germanic fait, from Proto-Germanic faitaz — fat, milk.

Fuchsian (English): Of or relating to Lazarus Fuchs , German...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Lazarus Fuchs , German...

Ancestry of “Fuchsian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFuchs—
2GermanFuchsfox; a clever or cunning person; a red-haired...
3GermanFeistfart
4Middle High Germanveizet—
5Old High Germanfeizzit—
6Proto-West Germanicfaitidfattened, made fat
7Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
8Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk
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