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Where does “Fuchs” come from?

Fuchs (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European poyH-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

Fuchs (German): fox; a clever or cunning person; a red-haired...

Definitions

  1. fox; a clever or cunning person; a red-haired...

Ancestry of “Fuchs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeistfart
2Middle High Germanveizet—
3Old High Germanfeizzit—
4Proto-West Germanicfaitidfattened, made fat
5Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
6Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

Words derived from “Fuchs”

  • Fuchs
  • Fuchsian
  • Polarfuchs
  • Steppenfuchs
  • Tibetfuchs
  • Wüstenfuchs
  • Fuchsschwanz
  • Rotfuchs
  • Fuchshund
  • Fuchswelpe
  • Bengalfuchs
  • Fuchsbau
  • Fuchsschwalbe
  • fuchsig
  • fuksi
  • fuks
  • fúx
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