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Number: 1565
Root: pū̆k-1, peuk-
English meaning: thick-haired
German meaning: etwa `dicht behaart, buschig (buschiger Schwanz), dichtwollig'
Material: Ai. púccha-, -m `Schwanz, Schweif, Rute' (kann *pu[k]-sko- sein); nach dem buschigen Schwanz benannt, scheint got. faúhō, aisl. fōa, ahd. foha `Füchsin' (germ. -ōn), daneben mit masc. -s-: ags. fox, ahd. fuhs `Fuchs' usw.; lit. paustìs `Tierhaar'; russ.-poln. puch (*peukso-, poukso-) `Flaumfedern, Daunen, feines wolliges Haar an Tieren' (daraus lit. pũkas `Flaumfeder'), russ. pušistyj `wollig, dicht, buschig', pušnój továr `Pelzwerk', čech.-nsorb. o-puš (*puchъ), opyš `Schwanz', russ. opúška, opušina `Rand (des Waldes), Saum, Verbrämung'.
References: WP. II 82 f.
Pages: 849
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *puk(')- ?
Meaning: fox
Old Greek: pl. phoûai = alṓpekes Hsch. < *pusā̆ < *pukjā̆ - if this form is Laconian one, then -s- > -0-, cf. Lacon. phoûiks = phǘsiŋks Hsch.; perhaps also ph- < *p- because of the medial *-h-.
Russ. meaning: зверек (лиса)
Comments: Differently in Pok. The comparison with Tokh B pako 'tail' is doubtful.
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *fúxōn; *fuxsa-z, *fōxsa-z
Meaning: fox
Gothic: fɔhō f. (n) `fox'
Old Norse: fōa f. `Fuchs'; Orkn fūa < NG *fuhōn
Old English: fox, -es m. `fox'
English: fox
Middle Dutch: vos m.
Dutch: vos m.
Old Franconian: vus
Middle Low German: vos m.; vō, vohe f.
Old High German: fō̆ha `Füchsin' (8.Jh.); fuhs `Fuchs' (um 1000)
Middle High German: vuhs, vuohs st. m. 'fuchs'; vohe wk. f. 'fuchs, füchsin'
German: Fuchs m.; frühnhd. vöhin (15.Jh.); Fähe, Fehe `weibliches Tier (bei Fuchs, Dachs, Marder)'
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