köken: From Middle Dutch eghel, from Old Dutch *igil, from Proto-West Germanic *igil, from Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”). Compare German Igel. Echel (“leech”) is commonly thought to be related to this term.
köken: From Old Swedish īghulkutter, from īghul (“hedgehog”) + the root of Swedish kotte (“rounded object”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”).
hedgehog (small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae) · hedgehog, European hedgehog, common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) · ellipsis of jäähdytyssiili (“heat sink with fins”)
çekim: çoğul siilit · tamlayan siilin
köken: Likely a borrowing from Estonian siil, from Proto-Finnic *siili, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śijele. The hedgehog is a recent introduction to most of Finland: the first reported sightings of hedgehogs outside of the southern coast date to the second half of the 19th century. Its traditional distribution in Finnish is restricted to dialects alongside the southern coast, which hints at an Estonian…
köken: From Proto-Baltic *ežis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźjás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”). Cognate with Latvian ezis and Proto-Slavic *ežь.