egidehsa

Old High German

Alternative forms

ewidehsa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agiþahsijǭ, akin to Old English āþexe. More at ask.

Noun

egidehsa f

lizard

Descendants

Middle High German: egedëhse, eidëhse
- Alemannic German: Heidëchsli
- German: Eidechse, Echse
  - → Luxembourgish: Eidechs
- Luxembourgish: Eederes (dated)
- Vilamovian: edikjys
- Yiddish: עקדיש‎ (ekdish, “scorpion”)

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