Where does “pinky” come from?
Pinky comes from English pink, from Dutch pink, from English red, from English rede, from English read, from Latin -ia, from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
pinky (English): Pinkish; Methylated spirits mixed with red wine...
Definitions
- Pinkish; Methylated spirits mixed with red wine...
Ancestry of “pinky”, step by step
pinky traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.