Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fuhsini

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 *fuhsinī. Equivalent to *fuhs (“fox”) +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*fuhsini f

1. vixen, female fox

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fuhsini
Genitive	*fuhsunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fuhsini	*fuhsunnjō
Accusative	*fuhsunnjā	*fuhsunnjā
Genitive	*fuhsunnjā	*fuhsunnjō
Dative	*fuhsunnjē	*fuhsunnjōm, *fuhsunnjum
Instrumental	*fuhsunnju	*fuhsunnjōm, *fuhsunnjum

Descendants

• Old English: fyxe
  • Middle English: fixen, ffixen
    • English: vixen
• Old Dutch: *fussinna
  • Middle Dutch: vossinne
    • Dutch: vossin
• Old High German: *fuhsinna
  • Middle High German: vühsinne
    • German: Füchsin