Where does “fúx” come from?
fúx (Icelandic) comes from Danish fuks, 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 — fat, milk.
fúx (Icelandic): underachiever
Ancestry of “fúx”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | fuks | poor/underachieving student |
| 2 | German | Fuchs | fox; a clever or cunning person; a red-haired... |
| 3 | German | Feist | fart |
| 4 | Middle High German | veizet | — |
| 5 | Old High German | feizzit | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | faitid | fattened, made fat |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fait | fat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | faitaz | fat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | poyH- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |