Where does “mořský ježek” come from?

mořský ježek (Czech) comes from Czech ježek, from Czech -ek, from Old Czech -ek.

mořský ježek (Czech): sea urchin

Definitions

  1. sea urchin

Ancestry of “mořský ježek”, step by step

mořský ježek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech ježek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechježekhedgehog
2Czech-ekforms masculine diminutive nouns
3Old Czech-ek—

via Czech mořský

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechmořskýsea
2Proto-Slavic*morьskъsea
Every word from Old Czech -ek →Every word from Czech -ek →Every word from Czech ježek →