tail fox (Vulpes vulpes) 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
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
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
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