Where does “Wüstenfuchs” come from?

Wüstenfuchs (German) comes from German Fuchs, 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- — fat, milk.

Wüstenfuchs (German): fennec

Definitions

  1. fennec

Ancestry of “Wüstenfuchs”, step by step

Wüstenfuchs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fuchs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFuchsfox; a clever or cunning person; a red-haired...
2GermanFeistfart
3Middle High Germanveizet—
4Old High Germanfeizzit—
5Proto-West Germanicfaitidfattened, made fat
6Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
7Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

via German Wüste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWüstedesert; wilderness, waste, wasteland
2Middle High Germanwüeste—
3Old High Germanwuostī—
4Proto-West Germanicwōstīuninhabited, desolate, waste
5Proto-Germanicwōstaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-s-to-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European poyH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faitaz →