Where does “edgy” come from?

Edgy comes from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

edgy (English): Nervous, apprehensive; Creatively challenging;...

Definitions

  1. Nervous, apprehensive; Creatively challenging;...

Ancestry of “edgy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishedgeThe boundary line of a surface; A one-dimensional...
2EnglishwiseShowing good judgement or the benefit of...
3Middle Englishwyswise, thoughtful, proper; knowledgeable; alert,...
4Old Englishwīswise
5Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “edgy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weydstos →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīsaz →