Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox. · The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur. · Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon. · The fur of a fox.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz Old English fox Middle English fox English fox From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), possibly from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognates Cognate with Yola vox, voxe (“fox”), North Frisian foos (“fox”), Saterland Frisian Foaks (“fox”), West Frisian foks (“fox”), Alemannic German Fuchs, Fugs, fuksch, fuks, fòcks, vucks (“fox”), Bavarian Fuchs, vucs, vuks (“fox”), Central Franconian Fuss (“fox”), Cimbrian buks, vuks (“fox”), Dutch vos (“fox”), German Fuchs (“fox”), Low German Voss (“fox”), Luxembourgish Fuuss (“fox”), Vilamovian füks (“fox”), Yiddish פֿוקס (fuks, “fox”), Norn fúa (“she-fox”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉 (fauhō, “fox”); also Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian пух (pux, “down, fluff”), Polish puch (“down, fluff; snow”), Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha, “tail; hind-part”) (whence Bengali পুচ্ছ (puccho, “tail”), Hindi पूँछ (pū̃ch), पूंछ (pūñch, “tail; rear of an object”), Pali puccha (“tail”), Punjabi ਪੂਛ (pūch, “tail”)). Philosophical sense from the 1953 essay The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin. Military aviation sense from the pre-NATO military spelling alphabet where Fox represented F and was short for 'to fire'.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionfoxenm
- Inherited-form mentionfoxang · fox
- Inherited-form mention*fuhsgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*fuhsazgem-pro · fox
- Inherited-form mention*púḱsosine-pro · the tailed one
- Cognate mentionvoxyol
- Cognate mentionfoosfrr · fox
- Cognate mentionFoaksstq · fox
- Cognate mentionfoksfy · fox
- Cognate mentionFuchsgsw
- Cognate mentionFuchsbar
- Cognate mentionFussgmw-cfr · fox
- Cognate mentionbukscim
- Cognate mentionvosnl · fox
- Cognate mentionFuchsde · fox
- Cognate mentionVossnds · fox
- Cognate mentionFuusslb · fox
- Cognate mentionfükswym · fox
- Cognate mentionפֿוקסyi · fox
- Cognate mentionfúanrn · she-fox
- Cognate mention𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉got · fox
- Cognate mentionpuchpl · down, fluff; snow
- Cognate mentionपुच्छsa · tail; hind-part
- Cognate mentionপুচ্ছbn · tail
- Cognate mentionपूँछhi
- Cognate mentionpucchapi · tail
- Cognate mentionਪੂਛpa · tail
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"The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.",
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