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”)