Where does “foxes glove” come from?
foxes 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 “foxes glove”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | foxes glōfa | foxglove |
| 2 | Old English | fox | fox |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fuhs | fox |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fuhsaz | fox |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | púḱsos | the tailed one |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | puḱ- | tail; press together |
Words derived from “foxes glove”