Where does “fixen” come from?

fixen (English) comes from Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxen, from Proto-West Germanic fuhsini, from Proto-West Germanic fuhs, from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European púḱsos, from Proto-Indo-European puḱ- — tail; press together.

fixen (English): Obsolete form of vixen

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of vixen

Ancestry of “fixen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfixena vixen
2Old Englishfyxenvixen
3Proto-West Germanicfuhsinivixen, female fox
4Proto-West Germanicfuhsfox
5Proto-Germanicfuhsazfox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpúḱsosthe tailed one
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱ-tail; press together

Words derived from “fixen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European puḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European púḱsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz →