pinky

pinky · adjective, noun¹

1. Dutchpinken
2. Englishpink
3. English todaypinky

From pink + -y.

pinky · noun²

1. Dutch · derived frompink“little finger”
2. Dutch · borrowed frompinkje
3. English todaypinky

From Dutch pinkje, diminutive of Dutch pink (“little finger”). Cognate with West Frisian pinke (“pinky”), dialectal English pink (“something small or tiny”), and perhaps to Old English pinca (“a point”). Compare also German Low German Pink (“penis”), English pintle (“penis”).

pinky · adjective³

From pink + -y, from pink (“to wink”).

Words from the same roots