er

Meaning

hedgehog

Concepts

ar

Translations

آر

erre

erre

erre

erre

re

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈeːr]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *hēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“hedgehog”) (whence also Ancient Greek χήρ (khḗr, “hedgehog”)), a root noun from *ǵʰer- (“to be excited, be bristly”), whence also Ancient Greek χοῖρος (khoîros, “young pig”) and Albanian derr (“pig”) from *ǵʰór-yos.