ežь

ëž `hedgehog' [m jo], ežá [Gens];

ož (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo]

ežь `hedgehog' [m jo];

ožь `hedgehog' [m jo]

již (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo];

ož (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo]

jež (dial.) `hedgehog' [m jo]

jȇž `hedgehog' [m jo], jéža [Gens];

jȇž `hedgehog' [m jo] jȇža [Gens];

Čak. jȇž (Vrgada) `sea-urchin, kind of plant' [m jo], jȇža [Gens];

Čak. ⁱȇš (Orbanići) `hedgehog, sea-urchin', ⁱȇža [Gens]

ežỹs `hedgehog' [m io] 4 \{1\}

IE meaning: hedgehog

Comments: In Greek, where ἐχῖνος `hedgehog, sea-urchin' looks like a derivative of ἔχις `viper', there seems to be a connection between `hedgehog' and `snake'. In Balto-Slavic, the words for `hedgehog' and `snake' do not match formally (-> ǫ́žь).

Gk. ἐχῖνος `hedgehog, sea-urchin'

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OHG igil `hedgehog'

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OHG īgil `hedgehog'

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OE igel `hedgehog'

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OE īgel `hedgehog'

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Arm. ozni `hedgehog'

\{1\} Variants are ẽžis 2, ėžỹs 4.

Comments: See -> * ežь.

Comments: See -> * ežь.

jèžica `sea-hedgehog, she-hedgehog, husk' [f ā];

ježika `Jew's myrtle' [f ā]

Comments: See -> * ežь.

jèžica `sea-hedgehog, she-hedgehog, husk' [f ā];

ježika `Jew's myrtle' [f ā]

Comments: See -> * ežь.

ožína (S dial.) `blackberry' [f ā]

ožina (dial.) `blackberry' [f ā]

jeżyna `blackberry' [f ā];

ożyna (dial.) `blackberry' [f ā]

jèžina (dial.) `edible marine mollusc' [f ā]

Comments: See -> * ežь.

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o] \{1\}

jażdż (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo];

jaszcz (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo] \{2\};

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgier (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgarz `ruff' [m jo];

jazgierz (arch.) `ruff' [m jo]

i̯wžǯ, i̯wšč `ruff' [m jo]

ežgỹs `ruff' [m io] 4;

egžlỹs (arch.) `ruff' [m io] 4;

ežegỹs (Pruss.) `ruff' [m io] 3^b \{3\}

assegis (EV) `perch'

Comments: It seems perfectly plausible to me that this etymon is cognate with *ežь `hedgehog'. Like its close relative the perch, the ruff has prickly fins (cf. MoHG Barsch `perch', Borste `bristle', Lith. ešerỹs `perch', which presumably derives from *h₂eḱ- `sharp'). The g of this word may be the well-known Baltic intrusive velar. In that case, archaic Lith. egžlỹs would have preserved the original constellation. The Slavic forms would have to be borrowings from Baltic, which in view of their distribution is not unlikely.

\{1\} Other dialect forms are jaškar and jazgar. \{2\} In this case the term "northern dialects" probably refers to Kashubian. \{3\} The Standard Lithuanian word is pūgžlỹs.

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o] \{1\}

jażdż (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo];

jaszcz (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo] \{2\};

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgier (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgarz `ruff' [m jo];

jazgierz (arch.) `ruff' [m jo]

i̯wžǯ, i̯wšč `ruff' [m jo]

ežgỹs `ruff' [m io] 4;

egžlỹs (arch.) `ruff' [m io] 4;

ežegỹs (Pruss.) `ruff' [m io] 3^b \{3\}

assegis (EV) `perch'

Comments: It seems perfectly plausible to me that this etymon is cognate with *ežь `hedgehog'. Like its close relative the perch, the ruff has prickly fins (cf. MoHG Barsch `perch', Borste `bristle', Lith. ešerỹs `perch', which presumably derives from *h₂eḱ- `sharp'). The g of this word may be the well-known Baltic intrusive velar. In that case, archaic Lith. egžlỹs would have preserved the original constellation. The Slavic forms would have to be borrowings from Baltic, which in view of their distribution is not unlikely.

\{1\} Other dialect forms are jaškar and jazgar. \{2\} In this case the term "northern dialects" probably refers to Kashubian. \{3\} The Standard Lithuanian word is pūgžlỹs.

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o] \{1\}

jażdż (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo];

jaszcz (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo] \{2\};

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgier (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgarz `ruff' [m jo];

jazgierz (arch.) `ruff' [m jo]

i̯wžǯ, i̯wšč `ruff' [m jo]

ežgỹs `ruff' [m io] 4;

egžlỹs (arch.) `ruff' [m io] 4;

ežegỹs (Pruss.) `ruff' [m io] 3^b \{3\}

assegis (EV) `perch'

Comments: It seems perfectly plausible to me that this etymon is cognate with *ežь `hedgehog'. Like its close relative the perch, the ruff has prickly fins (cf. MoHG Barsch `perch', Borste `bristle', Lith. ešerỹs `perch', which presumably derives from *h₂eḱ- `sharp'). The g of this word may be the well-known Baltic intrusive velar. In that case, archaic Lith. egžlỹs would have preserved the original constellation. The Slavic forms would have to be borrowings from Baltic, which in view of their distribution is not unlikely.

\{1\} Other dialect forms are jaškar and jazgar. \{2\} In this case the term "northern dialects" probably refers to Kashubian. \{3\} The Standard Lithuanian word is pūgžlỹs.

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o] \{1\}

jażdż (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo];

jaszcz (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo] \{2\};

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgier (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgarz `ruff' [m jo];

jazgierz (arch.) `ruff' [m jo]

i̯wžǯ, i̯wšč `ruff' [m jo]

ežgỹs `ruff' [m io] 4;

egžlỹs (arch.) `ruff' [m io] 4;

ežegỹs (Pruss.) `ruff' [m io] 3^b \{3\}

assegis (EV) `perch'

Comments: It seems perfectly plausible to me that this etymon is cognate with *ežь `hedgehog'. Like its close relative the perch, the ruff has prickly fins (cf. MoHG Barsch `perch', Borste `bristle', Lith. ešerỹs `perch', which presumably derives from *h₂eḱ- `sharp'). The g of this word may be the well-known Baltic intrusive velar. In that case, archaic Lith. egžlỹs would have preserved the original constellation. The Slavic forms would have to be borrowings from Baltic, which in view of their distribution is not unlikely.

\{1\} Other dialect forms are jaškar and jazgar. \{2\} In this case the term "northern dialects" probably refers to Kashubian. \{3\} The Standard Lithuanian word is pūgžlỹs.

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o] \{1\}

jażdż (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo];

jaszcz (arch., N. dial.) `ruff' [m jo] \{2\};

jazgar (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgier (dial.) `ruff' [m o];

jazgarz `ruff' [m jo];

jazgierz (arch.) `ruff' [m jo]

i̯wžǯ, i̯wšč `ruff' [m jo]

ežgỹs `ruff' [m io] 4;

egžlỹs (arch.) `ruff' [m io] 4;

ežegỹs (Pruss.) `ruff' [m io] 3^b \{3\}

assegis (EV) `perch'

Comments: It seems perfectly plausible to me that this etymon is cognate with *ežь `hedgehog'. Like its close relative the perch, the ruff has prickly fins (cf. MoHG Barsch `perch', Borste `bristle', Lith. ešerỹs `perch', which presumably derives from *h₂eḱ- `sharp'). The g of this word may be the well-known Baltic intrusive velar. In that case, archaic Lith. egžlỹs would have preserved the original constellation. The Slavic forms would have to be borrowings from Baltic, which in view of their distribution is not unlikely.

\{1\} Other dialect forms are jaškar and jazgar. \{2\} In this case the term "northern dialects" probably refers to Kashubian. \{3\} The Standard Lithuanian word is pūgžlỹs.