Where does “ṣagidi” come from?
ṣagidi (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba agídí, from Navajo gídí, from English Kitty, from English kit, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ṣagidi (Yoruba): to behave stubbornly
Definitions
- to behave stubbornly
Ancestry of “ṣagidi”, step by step
ṣagidi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yoruba agídí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | agídí | stubbornness |
| 2 | Navajo | gídí | cat |
| 3 | English | Kitty | A jail, a prison; also, a lockup |
| 4 | English | kit | A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves;... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |