fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoOcean Hedgehogslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1642arrow-down12
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minus-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoAnd hedgehog means spikepig. So they’re ocean spike pigs.
minus-squareGreasecat@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoLitterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
minus-squareoriginalkabumm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.
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”
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’.