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

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)