Surname · Yiddish
פֿוקס
“thick-haired”
פֿוקס (fuks) is a surname from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Yiddish.
YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Fuks.
Meaning & origin
What it means
פֿוקס goes back to a word meaning “thick-haired.”
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Where it comes from
פֿוקס comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos.
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פֿוקס’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, פֿוקס as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as FUKS. In Yiddish usage, פֿוקס as a surname has a transliteration in FUKS.
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