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