ežys

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Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Baltic *ežis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (hedgehog). Cognate with Latvian ezis and Proto-Slavic *ežь.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ežỹs m (plural ežiaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. hedgehog

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ežys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 159-60