eĝhi- (*eĝhi-no-s)

    eĝhi- (*eĝhi-no-s)

    English meaning: hedgehog (*serpent eater)

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Igel”

    Note: probably short form to eĝhi-no-s “ of the serpent, serpent eater “ (see above S. 44).

    Note: Root eĝhi- (*eĝhi-no-s): “hedgehog (*serpent eater)” derived from Root angʷ(h)i- (*egʷhi-, ogʷhi- and eĝhi-) : ‘snake, worm, (*hedgehog = snake eater)”

    Material: Arm. ozni “hedgehog”; Phryg. εζις “hedgehog”; Gk. ἐχῖνος “hedgehog”; Maybe Gk. χήρ χηρός “hedgehog” (= Lat. ēr, ēris ds., ērīcius, ērinüceus, hērinüceus ds.) O.H.G. igil, M.H.G. igel, M.L.G. egel, O.E. igil, igl, īl “hedgehog”, O.N. igull ‘sea urchin” (with ī O.H.G. also īgil, by Luther Eigel, O.N. also īgull); Lith. ežỹ s, Ltv. ezis “hedgehog”; Church Slavic ježь (*eĝhi̯os) ds. (in addition Russ. ježeví ka, oží na “ blackberry “, oží ka “ bulrush” etc., s. Berneker 267). Here probably following Balt-Slav. appellation of perch (prickly fish): O.Pruss. assegis m. “ perch “, Lith. ežgỹ s, ežegỹ s, egžlỹ s, O.Lith. ẽkšlis, jẽkšlis “chub”; lengthened grade Slav. *ězgъ, out of it *ěždžь, čеch. ježdí k “ perch “, Pol. jażdż, jaszcz (also jazgarz) “chub”; basic form perhaps *ē̆ĝh(e)-g(h)i̯os “ hedgehog-like “. Maybe Alb. (*eĝh) esh “hedgehog”, according to the shift [common O.Pruss. - Illyr. ĝh- > z-, ss- phonetic mutation]. maybe Lat. (*essecus) ericius -i, m. “hedgehog; miLith., chevaux de frise” : Alb. iriq “hedgehog” [common Lat. -s- > -r- rhotacism].

    References: WP. I 115, Trautmann 73, Schwyzer Gk. 4912.