ysgogi

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *skok-, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”) (see Proto-Germanic *skehaną, Proto-Slavic *skokъ).[1] Cognate with Breton skog (“impact”), diskogellañ (“to make wobble or shift”), Old Irish scuichid (“stirs, shifts”).

Verb

ysgogi (first-person singular present ysgogaf)

  1. to stir, to begin to move
  2. to activate, to stimulate, to impel

Derived terms

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.

References
  1. 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
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