Where does “stingy” come from?
I can't write this etymology summary because the chain provided contains only "English sting" repeated eight times, which doesn't show how "stingy" derives from "sting" or trace back to any older languages. A valid etymology chain needs to show actual language progression (like Old English → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Indo-European) with different forms at each stage.
Could you provide the actual etymology chain for "stingy"?
stingy (English): Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous;...
Definitions
- Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous;...
Ancestry of “stingy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 “stingy”