Where does “fixen” come from?

fixen (Middle English) comes from Old English fyxen, from Proto-West Germanic fuhsini, from Proto-West Germanic fuhs, from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European púḱsos, from Proto-Indo-European puḱ- — tail; press together.

fixen (Middle English): a vixen

Definitions

  1. a vixen

Ancestry of “fixen”, step by step

fixen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fyxen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfyxenvixen
2Proto-West Germanicfuhsinivixen, female fox
3Proto-West Germanicfuhsfox
4Proto-Germanicfuhsazfox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpúḱsosthe tailed one
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱ-tail; press together

via Old French fixer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfixer
2Old Frenchfixinflection of fil: ## oblique plural ##...
3Latinfīxusunwavering
4Latinfīgōto fasten, fix
5Proto-Italicfeigʷōto insert; to fasten

Words derived from “fixen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European puḱ-