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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•2 months agoAnd hedgehog means spikepig. So they’re ocean spike pigs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoSpike originate in indo european and meaned sharp point, pig derives from proto western germanic for piglet (piggo) So they are called “ocean sharp pointed piglet”
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoWikipedia says hedgehogs are called that, because they live in hedges, not because they look like one… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog#Etymology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoThey were also bred for food and brought into Ireland by Normans. Irish people called them ‘Gráinneog’ (gran-nyog), meaning ‘little ugly thing’.
And hedgehog means spikepig.
So they’re ocean spike pigs.
Spike originate in indo european and meaned sharp point, pig derives from proto western germanic for piglet (piggo) So they are called “ocean sharp pointed piglet”
Litterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
Wikipedia says hedgehogs are called that, because they live in hedges, not because they look like one…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog#Etymology
They were also bred for food and brought into Ireland by Normans. Irish people called them ‘Gráinneog’ (gran-nyog), meaning ‘little ugly thing’.