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

Fuchs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Feist

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

via Middle High German vuhs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvuhsfox
2Old High Germanfuhs—
3Proto-West Germanicfuhsfox
4Proto-Germanicfuhsazfox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpúḱsosthe tailed one
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱ-tail; press together

Words derived from “Fuchs”

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