sinny

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sunnīg
2. Old English · inherited fromsynniġ“guilty, punishable, criminal; sinful”
3. Middle English · inherited fromsynny
4. English todaysinny

From sin + -y; or perhaps continuing Middle English synny, from Old English synniġ (“guilty, punishable, criminal; sinful”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnīg, *sundīg (“sinful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sändich (“sinful”), West Frisian sûndich (“sinful”), Dutch zondig (“sinful”), German Low German sündig, sünnig (“sinful”), German sündig (“sinful”), Swedish syndig (“sinful”), Faroese syndigur (“sinful”), Icelandic syndugur (“sinful”).