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 (1833–1902), German mathematician

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Lazarus Fuchs (1833–1902), German mathematician

Ancestry of “Fuchsian”, step by step

Fuchsian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Fuchs

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

via English ian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishian
2IrishEoinJohn any of several people in the Bible
3Old IrishIohainJohn apostle
4LatinIōannēsJohn biblical persons
5Ancient GreekἸωάννης
6HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
7Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
8Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
9Arabicخُنَّة
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH-