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jog

/ˈdʒɒɡ/JOG
/ˈdʒɑɡ/JAHG

Meaningto shake

Common meaning: to move at a slow run

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAG‘shake’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 397, p. 744 · scan
  2. Welshgogi‘to shake, to agitate’source
  3. Middle Englishjoggensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto shake, to agitate → to move at a slow runjog‘to move at a slow run’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Welsh gogi ‘to shake’.

Roots

  • gogi Welsh “to shake”

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