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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 *fuhs +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*fuhsini f

  1. vixen, female fox

Inflection

Stem *fuhsunnjō-.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Old English: fyxen, fixen
    • Middle English: fixen, ffixen
      • English: vixen (< earlier fixen)
  • Old High German: *fuhsinna
    • Middle High German: vühsinne
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