Where does “Kenny” come from?

Kenny is a diminutive form of Kenneth, which derives from Old Irish Cináed through Middle French -ie and Latin -ia suffixes ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-European -kos.

Kenny (English): A placename

Definitions

A placename

Ancestry of “Kenny”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	-y	Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2	Middle English	-y	Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3	Old English	-iġ	-y, -ic
4	Proto-West Germanic	-g	Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5	Proto-Germanic	-gaz	-y
6	Proto-Indo-European	-ḱos	-y, -ic

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from English -y →Every word from Old English -iġ →