ёж
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- (animate) hedgehog animal
- (inanimate) hedgehog military barricade
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ežь root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eǵʰ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ежевика Russian
- ежиха Russian
- ежовый Russian
- ежонок Russian
- поёжиться Russian
- съёжиться Russian
- ёжик Russian
- ёжиться Russian
- *h₁eǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁eǵʰis Proto-Indo-European
- *igilaz Proto-Germanic
- jeż Polish
- *ežь Proto-Slavic
- ոզնի Armenian
- igil Old High German
- ոզնի Old Armenian
- igel Middle High German
- еж Macedonian
- вожык Belarusian
- jež Lower Sorbian
- jiz Polabian