heriçun

Old French

Alternative forms

  • heriçon
  • herichun, irechon (northern)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ērīciōnem, from Latin ērīcius. Or the augmentative of an unattested *eriz.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /eɾiˈt͡sun/, (northern) /eɾiˈt͡ʃun/

Noun

heriçun oblique singular, m (oblique plural heriçuns, nominative singular heriçuns, nominative plural heriçun)

  1. hedgehog

Descendants

  • French: hérisson
    • → English: herisson
  • Norman: hérisson
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: éruçun, ériçun
  • Walloon: lurson, nierson (with rebracketing of article), irson
  • → Middle English: yrchoun
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