vuhs

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”).

Noun

vuhs m

  1. fox

Descendants
  • 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)
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