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 Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī. Equivalent to *fuhs (“fox”) +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*fuhsini f

vixen, female fox

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fuhsini
Genitive	*fuhsunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fuhsini	*fuhsunnjō
Accusative	*fuhsunnjā	*fuhsunnjā
Genitive	*fuhsunnjā	*fuhsunnjō
Dative	*fuhsunnjē	fuhsunnjōm, fuhsunnjum
Instrumental	*fuhsunnju	fuhsunnjōm, fuhsunnjum

Descendants

Old English: fyxe
- Middle English: fixen, ffixen
  - English: vixen
Old High German: *fuhsinna
- Middle High German: vühsinne
  - German: Füchsin

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