hérisson

Betekenis (Engels)

hedgehog

Concepten

egel

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stekelvarken

Synoniemen

erinaceus europaeus

Geslacht

♂️ Mannelijk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/e.ʁi.sɔ̃/

Etymologie (Engels)

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 Romansch erizun. See also oursin.