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יעזש

יאָזשיק
(diminutive)

ETYMOLOGY

Polish jeż, Ukrainian (dialect) již, (dialect) ož, also: Russian ёж < ežь 'hedgehog' < Proto-Balto-Slavic ✱eźios; cf. Lithuanian ežỹs < ✱h₁eǵʰ-io-; perhaps from ✱eǵʰi- 'snake' (say Kluge/Seebold)
Related: Greek éxĩnos 'hedgehog, sea-urchin' (which looks like a derivative from exis 'viper'.
OS igil, OHG ī̆gil, NHG Igel (see איגל); from PGmc ✱egila- 'hedgehog, sea urchin'; from PIE ✱h₁eǵʰ-i-lo-.

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

jɔz̀(ɩk) {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}