köken: From Middle High German igel, from Old High German igil, from Proto-West Germanic *igil, from Proto-Germanic *igilaz, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”), *h₁eǵʰ-io- (compare Lithuanian ežỹs, Armenian ոզնի (ozni)).
köken: Inherited from Old French heriçun, heriçon, from a hypothetical Old French *eriz, from Latin erīcius (“hedgehog”), with the suffix -on added later; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr. Another possibility may be a Vulgar Latin root *ērīcio, ērīciōnem, but this would have seemingly produced *erçon in Old French. Compare, however, Catalan eriçó and Romansh erizun. See also oursin.
aile: hérisson commun, hérisson de mer, hérisson d'Europe
köken: From Proto-Turkic *kirpi, which, according to Caluson, had the primary sense 'prickle, prick, thorn', and is the source for the derivation of kirpik (“eyelash”). Cognate with Crimean Tatar and Turkish kirpi, Southern Altai кирпи (kirpi, “spiny, thorny”), Chuvash чӗрӗп (čĕrĕp), etc.
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 Galician-Portuguese ouriço, from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *auricius), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). Cognate with Galician ourizo, Asturian oriciu, Spanish erizo (Santander dialect orizo), Catalan eriçó (dialectal oriç), Occitan eriç, French hérisson (cf. also oursin), Italian riccio and Romanian arici.
köken: From Koine Greek κανθόχοιρος (kanthókhoiros), from Ancient Greek ἀκανθόχοιρος (akanthókhoiros), from ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus, a prickly plant”) + χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”). Doublet of ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros).
a hedgehog, particularly an Amur hedgehog, of species Erinaceus amurensis.
köken: First attested in the 使高麗錄, 1123, as Late Old Korean 苦苫. In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 고솜〮돝 (Yale: kwòswómtwòth). The modern form is a compound of 고솜〮 + Middle Korean 돝 (twòth, “pig, swine”) + -ㅣ (-i). The origin of the first part could be related to 가시 (gasi). 고솜〮 was first attested as Late Old Korean 苦苫 in the text 《使高麗錄》…
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: Inherited from Latin ēricius, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). The expected normal result would have been *ariț, and explanations for the current form include an intermediate Vulgar Latin *ērix, ēricis or alternatively *ēriciō, ēriciōnem, in which case it would be regressively derived from a hypothetical Romanian *ariciune (compare French hérisson, Catalan eriçó, Romansh erizun). It…