Where does “Igel” come from?

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

Igel (Luxembourgish): hedgehog

Definitions

  1. hedgehog

Ancestry of “Igel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanigilhedgehog
2Proto-West Germanicigilhedgehog
3Proto-Germanicigilazhedgehog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis →Every word from Proto-Germanic igilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic igil →