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Where does “fyniġ” come from?

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

fyniġ (Old English): mouldy, musty

Definitions

  1. mouldy, musty

Ancestry of “fyniġ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fyniġ”

  • vinny
  • vinney
  • vinny
  • finny
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →