Etymology

doughy

D2O1U1G2H4Y4

Today it means: Pale and flabby, Full definition →

English dough ← Middle English dogh ← Old English dāg
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰóyǵʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*daigaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*daig
  5. Old Englishdāg
  6. Middle Englishdogh
  7. Englishdough
  8. English todaydoughy

From dough + -y.

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