Where does “jež” come from?
jež (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic ežь, from Latvian ezis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ežis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis — hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals.
jež (Lower Sorbian): hedgehog
Ancestry of “jež”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | ežь | hedgehog |
| 2 | Latvian | ezis | hedgehog |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | ežis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eǵʰis | hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals |