vos
Afrikaans
/fɔs/
noun
Definitions
- fox, carnivore of the tribe Vulpini
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish vos (fox) inherited from Middle Dutch vos inherited from Old Dutch fus inherited from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (fox).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fuhsaz
Gloss
fox
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狐
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Azaravos Dutch, Flemish
- de Vos Dutch, Flemish
- grootoorvos Dutch, Flemish
- moervos Dutch, Flemish
- poolvos Dutch, Flemish
- schoolvos Dutch, Flemish
- sloddervos Dutch, Flemish
- steppevos Dutch, Flemish
- vos Dutch, Flemish
- voshaai Dutch, Flemish
- voskleurig Dutch, Flemish
- vossin Dutch, Flemish
- woestijnvos Dutch, Flemish
- zandvos Dutch, Flemish
- zilvervos Dutch, Flemish
- *púḱsos Proto-Indo-European
- *fuhsaz Proto-Germanic
- fox Old English
- vos Middle Dutch
- vossinne Middle Dutch
- fuhs Old High German
- *fuhs gmw-pro
- fus Old Dutch
- *foks Old Frisian