windy

windy · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*windigaz“windy”
2. Old English · inherited fromwindiġ“windy”
3. Middle English · inherited fromwindy
4. English todaywindy

From Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”). The “frightened” sense probably derives from the phrase have the wind up.

windy · adjective²

1. Middle Englishwynden
2. Englishwind
3. English todaywindy

From wind (“to curve, bend”) + -y.

windy · noun³

Variant of window.

Windy · proper noun⁴

Often a diminutive of names starting with Wi-, such as Wilhelmina and Winifred, with -y. Influenced by windy.