Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fuhǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*fuggǭ (Western only)[1]

Etymology

Related to *fuhsaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸu.xɔ̃ː/

Noun

*fuhǭ f [2][3]

vixen, female fox

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *fuhǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fuhǭ	*fuhōniz
vocative	*fuhǭ	*fuhōniz
accusative	*fuhōnų	*fuhōnunz
genitive	*fuhōniz	*fuhōnǫ̂
dative	*fuhōni	*fuhōmaz
instrumental	*fuhōnē	*fuhōmiz

Related terms

*fuhsaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fuhā, *fuggā
- Old Saxon: foha
  - Middle Low German: vō
- Old High German: foha
  - Middle High German: vohe
    - German: Fähe, Fehe
      - → Lower Sorbian: beja
Old Norse: fóa, fúa
- Icelandic: fóa, fúa
- Norn: fúa
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉 (fauhō)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 1 Introduction, page 23
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fuhōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*fuxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 117

[PGnS-1] Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, § 1 Introduction, page 23

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fuhōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 157

[3] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*fuxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 117