tail
→
fox (Vulpes vulpes)
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Karelian | |
Lexeme 1 | häntä, händü | |
Lexeme 2 | hännikäs | |
Meaning 1 | tail | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
Reference | Žarinova 2006: 30 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Sanskrit | |
Language 2 | English | |
Lexeme 1 | púccha | |
Lexeme 2 | fox | |
Meaning 1 | tail | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
Reference | Harper's Etymonline | |
Comment | MW 631, Turner 1931, 467. Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas 'tail' and Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz 'fox' probably are from Proto-Indo-European *puḱsos 'the tailed one' |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme 1 | rabo | |
Lexeme 2 | raboso, raposa | |
Meaning 1 | tail | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
Reference | Corominas, Pascual: 4, 784 | |
Comment | Raposo from Old Spanish raboso. Also Valensian raposa, Asturian raposu, Galician raposo, Portuguese raposa |
Also Welsh llwynog 'fox' from llwyn 'bush' because of bushy tail.