Where does “pinkie” come from?
Pinkie comes from English pink, from Dutch pink, from English red, from English rede meaning advice, from English read, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
pinkie (English): A little finger, the finger furthest on a hand...
Definitions
- A little finger, the finger furthest on a hand...
Ancestry of “pinkie”, step by step
pinkie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pinkje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pinkje | |
| 2 | Dutch | pink | pinkie; one-year-old calf, a bovine yearling; a... |
via Kaurna bingu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaurna | bingu | — |