Etymograph

English

findy

Findy comes from Old English findiġ ‘considerable, good, heavy’, from findan ‘to find’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pontHo-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*finþaną1‘to find, to discover, to come upon’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*finþan2reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150findan1‘to find’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150findiġ3‘considerable, good, heavy’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500findiȝ3
  7. Englishtodayfindy3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Old English findig
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old English findan
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English findy

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pontHo-Wiktionary, Old English findigreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*finþanąWiktionary, Old English findig‘to find, to discover, to come upon’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*finþanWiktionary, Old English findanreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150findanWiktionary, Old English findig‘to find’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150findiġWiktionary, English findy‘considerable, good, heavy’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500findiȝWiktionary, English findy
  7. EnglishtodayfindyWiktionary, English findy

Linked words

through Old English findan ‘to find’

finding, 2 more

Today it means

adj full; heavy; firm; solid; substantial; plentiful

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “findy”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Old English findig, Old English findan. 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 / Proto-Indo-European *pontHo- / findy

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