Where does “ежь” come from?

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

ежь (Old East Slavic): hedgehog

Definitions

  1. hedgehog

Ancestry of “ежь”, step by step

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