köken: Inherited from Middle French goupil, from Old French gupil, golpil, gulpil, vorpil, volpil, from Vulgar Latin *vulpīculus, alteration of Latin vulpēcula (“fox kit”), diminutive of vulpēs. Compare goupille. See also Old Italian volpiglio, Occitan volpìlh, Catalan volpell, Portuguese golpelha, Spanish vulpeja. The initial g- suggests influence from a Germanic word in w-, most likely Frankish *wulf…
köken: Inherited from Latin vulpēs (accusative vulpem) from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”).
fox; cunning and sly person · The British Empire, the United Kingdom, or England
çekim: çoğul روباهان
köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lwpʾh /rōbāh/, “fox”), from Old Persian *raupāθah (“fox”), from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh. Cognate with Baluchi روپاسک (ròpàsk).
köken: From Byzantine Greek ἀλωπού (alōpoú), ἀλωπώ (alōpṓ), from Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), from Proto-Hellenic *alōpēkos (similar to Old Armenian աղուէս (ałuēs)), diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”) (compare Latin volpēs, Lithuanian lãpė, Albanian dhelpër, Persian روباه (rubâh)).
fox, vixen · a cunning and deceptive person · a sly young girl
eş: 여시
köken: From Middle Korean 여ᅀᆞ (yèzò). First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as a connective form 여ᇫㅇ (Yale: yèzG-). Presumed classical word stem *jɔzɦ or *jɔzɣ is still evidenced in some dialects (compare dialectal forms 여수 (yeosu), 여시 (yeosi), 여끼 (yeokki), 영 (yeong), 영끼 (yeongkki), etc.).
fox (mammal) · an experienced (often as "gammal räv") and/or cunning person
çekim: çoğul rävar · tamlayan rävs
köken: From Old Norse refr, from Proto-Norse *rebaʀ, ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás (“fox, jackal”), through some intermediaries.
aile: fjällräv, ha en räv bakom örat, katträv, rävaktig, rävaktighet, rävboa, rävfarm, rävgift, rävgryt, rävhona
köken: From liška + -ák. It comes from Proto-Slavic *lisa, *lisъ. The modern form was probably also influenced by Proto-Slavic *lixъ (“bad”), maybe because the original word was taboo. Etymology of the expression *lisъ is not clear. It is often connected with Lithuanian lãpė, Latvian lapsa, Irish lois, Latin vulpes, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Old Armenian աղուէս (ałuēs) (all meaning "fox") and…