Where does “crinkly” come from?

Crinkly derives from Middle English crinkle with the diminutive suffix -y, from Middle French -ie, ultimately tracing through Latin -ia and -ivus suffixes to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

crinkly (English): That crinkles; Having crinkles; wrinkly; An old...

Definitions

  1. That crinkles; Having crinkles; wrinkly; An old...

Ancestry of “crinkly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “crinkly”

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