Type Word Usage Old Slavic (Hypothetical) Scripts лисъ(Church Slavic) Meaning & History Slavic word meaning "fox" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Surname DescendantsLis(Polish) Lysenko(Ukrainian) Sources & References Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 279. Trubachyov, Oleg. Etimologicheskiy Slovar Slavyanskikh Yazykov (vol. 14). Moscow, 1974-, page 151.