tail
→
fox (Vulpes vulpes)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| 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 | |
Also Welsh llwynog 'fox' from llwyn 'bush' because of bushy tail.