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Where does “ežis” come from?

ežis (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis — hedgehog, hedgehog-like animals.

Ancestry of “ežis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰishedgehog, hedgehog-like animals

Words derived from “ežis”

  • ezis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰis →