Where does “vinny” come from?

vinny (Middle English) comes from Old English fyniġ, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

vinny (Middle English): mouldy

Definitions

  1. mouldy

Ancestry of “vinny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfyniġmouldy, musty
2Old English-iġ-y, -ic
3Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
4Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “vinny”

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