Where does “hedgehoggy” come from?
hedgehoggy (English) comes from English hedgehog, from English hog, from English quahog, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
hedgehoggy (English): Of the nature of a hedgehog: externally repellent; difficult to get on with
Definitions
- Of the nature of a hedgehog: externally repellent; difficult to get on with
Ancestry of “hedgehoggy”, step by step
hedgehoggy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hedgehog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hedgehog | A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or... |
| 2 | English | hog | Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of... |
| 3 | English | quahog | An edible clam with a hard shell found along the... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |