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Where does “fuhsini” come from?

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

fuhsini (Proto-West Germanic): vixen, female fox

Definitions

  1. vixen, female fox

Ancestry of “fuhsini”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fuhsini”

  • fix
  • fixing
  • fixity
  • vixen
  • fixer
  • Vixen
  • postfix
  • fixt
  • fixable
  • unfix
  • hotfix
  • vixenish
  • unfixable
  • refix
  • fixeth
  • fixen
  • fixism
  • mixfix
  • unfixity
  • fixist
  • interfix
  • technofix
  • vixenly
  • biofix
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