פֿוקס
־ן
דער
'fox'

ETYMOLOGY

{Interesting that the Yiddish plural lacks the umlaut in NHG. Lexer gives vühse as the plural in two texts.]
ON fox 'deceit', Icelandic fox 'fox',OE fox, English vox, OS fohs, Dutch vos, OHG fuhs, MHG vuhs, NHG Furchs < PGmc ✱fuhsa-; from PIE ✱puk-so-; from the root ✱pū̆k-, ✱peuk- 'densely hairy, bushy'
Related to Got. fauho 'fox' (without the s-suffix).
Related: Sanskrit púcha- 'tail, rod', perhaps Lithuanian paustìs 'animal hair'.

WESTERN

Wern Fuks fangen will, müß früh aufstehn.

Switzerland

fuks {SWITZERLAND, Fleischer 2005}
- fikslə(n) פֿיקסל

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

füks {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 124, 137}

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

fuks (with u! a Germanism?)
fɩks