French word gigoter comes from French -oter, French giguer

Detailed word origin of gigoter

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
-oter	French (fra)	(colloquial) Forming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive or frequentative sense.
giguer	French (fra)
gigoter	French (fra)	(ambitransitive) to wriggle (about).

Words with the same origin as gigoter