fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 天前Ocean Hedgehogslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1631arrow-down12
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minus-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 天前And hedgehog means spikepig. So they’re ocean spike pigs.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 天前Wikipedia 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-up1·4 天前They were also bred for food and brought into Ireland by Normans. Irish people called them ‘Gráinneog’ (gran-nyog), meaning ‘little ugly thing’.
minus-squareoriginalkabumm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 天前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”
minus-squareGreasecat@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 天前Litterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
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’.
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. 😂