Where does “gooey” come from?

Gooey derives from English goo, which comes from English burgoo, from English burgood, ultimately tracing through Latin suffixes -ia and -ivus to Proto-Indo-European -kos.

gooey (English): of or relating to goo; soft, sticky and viscous

Definitions

of or relating to goo; soft, sticky and viscous

Ancestry of “gooey”, 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

Words derived from “gooey”

gooeyness
gooiness

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