Where does “rybojeż” come from?

rybojeż (Polish) comes from Polish Jeż, from Proto-Slavic ežь, from Latvian ezis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic ežis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis — hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals.

rybojeż (Polish): spot-fin porcupinefish

Definitions

  1. spot-fin porcupinefish

Ancestry of “rybojeż”, step by step

rybojeż traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Jeż

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishJeżhedgehog
2Proto-Slavicežьhedgehog
3Latvianezishedgehog
4Proto-Balto-Slavicežis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals

via Polish Ryba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishRybafish
2Old Polishrybafish
3Proto-Slavicrybafish
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰu-fish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic ežis →Every word from Latvian ezis →
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