Where does “igel” come from?

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

Ancestry of “igel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanigilhedgehog
2Proto-West Germanicigilhedgehog
3Proto-Germanicigilazhedgehog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals

Words derived from “igel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis →