Where does “vohenfist” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vohenfist”, step by step

vohenfist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German vohe

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

via Middle High German vist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvist
2Proto-Germanic*fistiz
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpesd-to fart softly, pass gas, break wind

Words derived from “vohenfist

Every word from Proto-Germanic fuhǭ
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