Etymograph

English

dinghy

Dinghy comes from Bengali ডিঙি.

  1. Bengalimodernডিঙি1ḍiṅi
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1944dinghy1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English dinghy
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1944, Miles Burton: “The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. BengalimodernডিঙিWiktionary, English dinghyḍiṅi
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1944dinghyWiktionary, English dinghy. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1944, Miles Burton: “The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dóru ‘tree’

tree, trough, dory, druid, dendritic, larch, dendrite, 5 more

Today it means

noun A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dinghy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Bengali ডিঙি / dinghy

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