Where does “Bovist” come from?

Bovist (German) comes from German vohenfist, from Middle High German vohe, from Old High German foha, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhā, from Proto-Germanic fuhǭ — vixen, female fox.

Bovist (German): puffball

Definitions

  1. puffball

Ancestry of “Bovist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvohenfist—
2Middle High Germanvohe—
3Old High Germanfohavixen
4Proto-West Germanic*fuhāvixen, female fox
5Proto-Germanicfuhǭvixen, female fox

Words derived from “Bovist”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fuhǭ →