egidehsa

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ewidehsa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā.

Noun

egidehsa f

1. lizard

Descendants

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