English
fops
Fops comes from Middle English fox ‘a fox, especially the red fox’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*púḱsosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fuhsaz‘fox’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fox
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a fox, especially the red fox’
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fops
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*púḱsosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fuhsaz‘fox’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fox
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a fox, especially the red fox’
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 2013fops
Earliest quotation: 2013, @touchtheboop: “Knife set, Hoover, soaps, leatherman, lego and....... FOPS KIGU!…”
Linked words
through Middle English fox ‘a fox, especially the red fox’
Today it means
noun A fox.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos / fops