Where does “ježyk” come from?

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

ježyk (Lower Sorbian): Diminutive of jež

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of jež

Ancestry of “ježyk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianježhedgehog
2Proto-Slavicežьhedgehog
3Latvianezishedgehog
4Proto-Balto-Slavicežis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ežis →Every word from Latvian ezis →