Where does “igil” come from?

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

igil (Old English): hedgehog; porcupine

Definitions

  1. hedgehog; porcupine

Ancestry of “igil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicigilhedgehog
2Proto-Germanicigilazhedgehog
3Proto-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 →