Where does “שטעכל־חזיר” come from?

שטעכל־חזיר (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish חזיר, from Hebrew חֲזִיר.

שטעכל־חזיר (Yiddish): porcupine

Definitions

  1. porcupine

Ancestry of “שטעכל־חזיר”, step by step

שטעכל־חזיר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish חזיר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishחזירpig
2Hebrewחֲזִיר

via Yiddish שטעכל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשטעכל
Every word from Hebrew חֲזִירEvery word from Yiddish חזיר
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