Where does “fox” come from?

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

fox (Old English): fox

Definitions

  1. fox

Ancestry of “fox”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfuhsfox
2Proto-Germanicfuhsazfox
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpúḱsosthe tailed one
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpuḱ-tail; press together

Words derived from “fox”

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