Where does “ricciotto” come from?

ricciotto (Italian) comes from Italian riccio, from Latin ēricius, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰḗr, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

ricciotto (Italian): a baby hedgehog

Definitions

  1. a baby hedgehog

Ancestry of “ricciotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianricciocurly; burr; curl, lock, ringlet
2Latinēriciushedgehog
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰḗrhedgehog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰḗr →Every word from Latin ēricius →