fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 21 hours agoOcean Hedgehogslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1584arrow-down12
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minus-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·20 hours agoAnd hedgehog means spikepig. So they’re ocean spike pigs.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours 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-squareUnpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThey were also bred for food and brought into Ireland by Normans. Irish people called them ‘Gráinneog’ (gran-nyog), meaning ‘little ugly thing’.
minus-squareGreasecat@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoLitterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
minus-squareoriginalkabumm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours 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”
And hedgehog means spikepig.
So they’re ocean spike pigs.
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’.
Litterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
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”