Where does “kirpi” come from?

kirpi (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كرپی, from Proto-Turkic kirpi — prickle, prick, thorn; hedgehog.

kirpi (Turkish): hedgehog

Definitions

  1. hedgehog

Ancestry of “kirpi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishكرپیhedgehog, any small animal with a spiny back in the family Erinaceidae
2Proto-Turkickirpiprickle, prick, thorn; hedgehog
Every word from Proto-Turkic kirpi →Every word from Ottoman Turkish كرپی →