Etymology

downy

D2O1W4N1Y4

Today it means: Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair. Full definition →

English down ← Middle English doun ← Old Norse dúnn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰuh₂nós
  3. Proto-Germanic*dūnaz
  4. Old Norsedúnn
  5. Middle Englishdoun
  6. Englishdown
  7. English todaydowny

From down + -y.

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