ežь

ežь Grammatical information: m. jo Proto-Slavic meaning: `hedgehog'

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Russian:

ëž `hedgehog' [m jo], ežá [Gens];

ož (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo]

Old Russian:

ežь `hedgehog' [m jo];

ožь `hedgehog' [m jo]

Ukrainian:

již (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo];

ož (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo]

Czech:

jež (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo]

Slovak:

jež `hedgehog' [m jo]

Polish:

jeż `hedgehog' [m jo]

Upper Sorbian:

jěž `hedgehog' [m jo]

Serbo-Croatian:

jȇž `hedgehog' [m jo], jéža [Gens];

jȇž `hedgehog' [m jo] jȇža [Gens];

Čak. jȇž (Vrgada) `sea-urchin, kind of plant' [m jo], jȇža [Gens];

Čak. ⁱȇš (Orbanići) `hedgehog, sea-urchin', ⁱȇža [Gens]

Slovene:

ję́ž `hedgehog, jimsonweed (datura stramonium), prickly husk' [m jo]

Bulgarian:

ež `hedgehog' [m jo]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: eźios

Lithuanian:

ežỹs `hedgehog' [m io] 4 \{1\}

Latvian:

ezis `hedgehog' [m io]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁eǵʰ-io-

IE meaning: hedgehog

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Comments: In Greek, where ἐχῖνος `hedgehog, sea-urchin' looks like a derivative of ἔχις `viper', there seems to be a connection between `hedgehog' and `snake'. In Balto-Slavic, the words for `hedgehog' and `snake' do not match formally (-> ǫ́žь).

Other cognates:

Gk. ἐχῖνος `hedgehog, sea-urchin'

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OHG igil `hedgehog'

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OHG īgil `hedgehog'

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OE igel `hedgehog'

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OE īgel `hedgehog'

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Arm. ozni `hedgehog'

Notes:

\{1\} Variants are ẽžis 2, ėžỹs 4.