Where does “foxes glōfa” come from?

foxes glōfa (Old English) comes 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.

foxes glōfa (Old English): foxglove

Definitions

  1. foxglove

Ancestry of “foxes glōfa”, step by step

foxes glōfa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fox

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

via Old English glōf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishglōfa glove
2Proto-Germanicgalōfôglove
3Proto-Germaniclōfôthe palm or hollow of the hand
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlāp-to shine; cow

Words derived from “foxes glōfa”

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