Litterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
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kitnaht@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
And hedgehog means spikepig.
So they’re ocean spike pigs.
fedtemis@feddit.dk 21 hours ago
originalkabumm@lemm.ee 23 hours ago
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”
Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
Wikipedia says hedgehogs are called that, because they live in hedges, not because they look like one…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog#Etymology
Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
They were also bred for food and brought into Ireland by Normans. Irish people called them ‘Gráinneog’ (gran-nyog), meaning ‘little ugly thing’.