Etymograph

English

hedgie

From hedge + -ie.

Formed from hedge + -ie

Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- ‘to keep, enclose’

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Proto-Germanic *hagjō

Proto-West Germanic *haggju

Old English heċġ ‘fence’

Middle English hegge ‘a hedge’

English hedge

Today it means

noun A hedgehog.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hedgie