English

foxling

From fox + -ling.

Formed from fox + -ling

Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos ‘the tailed one’

Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz ‘fox’

Proto-West Germanic *fuhs

Old English fox ‘fox’

Middle English fox

English fox

Today it means

noun A little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.