ysgogi
Welsh
Etymology
Cognate with Breton diskogellañ (“to shake”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”) (see Proto-Germanic *skehaną, Proto-Slavic *skokъ).[1]
Verb
ysgogi (first-person singular present ysgogaf)
- to stir, to begin to move
- to activate, to stimulate, to impel
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ysgogi | unchanged | unchanged | hysgogi |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Derived terms
- hunanysgogol (“automatic, self-acting”)
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ysgogi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies