Where does “Igel” come from?

Igel (German) comes from Middle High German igel, from Old High German igil, from Proto-West Germanic igil, from Proto-Germanic igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis — hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals.

Igel (German): hedgehog

Definitions

  1. hedgehog

Ancestry of “Igel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanigel—
2Old High Germanigilhedgehog
3Proto-West Germanicigilhedgehog
4Proto-Germanicigilazhedgehog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis →
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