Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fuhs

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Noun

*fuhs m

1. fox

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fuhs
Genitive	*fohsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fuhs	*fohsō, *fohsōs
Accusative	*fuhs	*fohsā
Genitive	*fohsas	*fohsō
Dative	*fuhsē	*fuhsum
Instrumental	*fuhsu	*fuhsum

Related terms

• *fuhā

Descendants

• Old English: fox
  • Middle English: fox, vox, wox
    • English: fox
    • Scots: fox
    • Yola: voxe, vox
• Old Frisian: *foks
  • North Frisian: foos
  • Saterland Frisian: Foaks
  • West Frisian: foks
• Old Saxon: fohs, fuhs
  • Middle Low German: vos, vōs
    • Low German:
      • Dutch Low Saxon: vos
      • German Low German: Voß, Voss
      • Westphalian:

        East Westphalian:

        Lippisch: Voss, Foss

        Paderbornisch: Voß

        South Westphalian:

        Sauerländisch: Voß

        Westmünsterländisch: Foss

    • Plautdietsch: Foss
    • → Icelandic: fox
    • → Danish: fos
• Old Dutch: fus, vus
  • Middle Dutch: vos
    • Dutch: vos
      • Afrikaans: vos
      • Jersey Dutch: vośe
      • Negerhollands: vos
    • Limburgish: vósj
• Old High German: fuhs
  • Middle High German: vuhs
    • Alemannic German: Fuchs, Fugs

      Walser: fuks, fuksch, fòcks, vucks

    • Bavarian: Fuchs

      Cimbrian: vuks, buks

      Mòcheno:

    • Central Franconian: Fuss, Fuhs, (southern) Fuchs

      Hunsrik: Fuchs

      Luxembourgish: Fuuss

    • East Central German:

      Vilamovian: füks

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Fuchs
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Fux

    • Swabian: Fuchs
    • Yiddish: פֿוקס (fuks)