Where does “fox-glove” come from?

fox-glove (Middle English) comes from Old English foxes glōfa, from Old English fox, from Proto-West Germanic fuhs, from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European púḱsos, from Proto-Indo-European puḱ- — tail; press together.

Ancestry of “fox-glove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfoxes glōfafoxglove
2Old Englishfoxfox
3Proto-West Germanicfuhsfox
4Proto-Germanicfuhsazfox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpúḱsosthe tailed one
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱ-tail; press together

Words derived from “fox-glove”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European puḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European púḱsos →Every word from Proto-Germanic fuhsaz →