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Where does “ezis” come from?

ezis (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic ežis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis — hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals.

ezis (Latvian): hedgehog

Definitions

  1. hedgehog

Ancestry of “ezis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicežis—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis →