Where does “hedgehogginess” come from?
hedgehogginess (English) comes from English hedgehoggy, from English hedgehog, from English hog, from English quahog, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
hedgehogginess (English): Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness
Definitions
- Hedgehoggy behaviour or character; disagreeability; prickliness
Ancestry of “hedgehogginess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hedgehoggy | Of the nature of a hedgehog: externally repellent; difficult to get on with |
| 2 | English | hedgehog | A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or... |
| 3 | English | hog | Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of... |
| 4 | English | quahog | An edible clam with a hard shell found along the... |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |