Where does “fox” come from?

Fox descends from Old English fox, from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European púḱsos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root puḱ-.

fox (English): A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups

Definitions

  1. A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups

Ancestry of “fox”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfoxA fox or its fur; A lier or schemer
2Old Englishfoxfox

Words derived from “fox”

Every word from Old English fox →