Etymograph

English

sinny

Sinny may come from Middle English synny.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500synny1uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1909sinny1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sinny
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1909, Wallace Irwin: “[...] kick against Olive Oil Trust, they almost went…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500synnyWiktionary, English sinnyuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1909sinnyWiktionary, English sinny. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1909, Wallace Irwin: “[...] kick against Olive Oil Trust, they almost went…”

Formed from sin + -y

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- ‘to be’

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Proto-Germanic *sunjō ‘truth, excuse’

Proto-West Germanic *sunnju

Old English synn ‘sin’

Middle English synne

English sin

Every English word from Middle English synny

Today it means

adj Characterised by or characteristic of sin; sinful; guilty of sin; wicked.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sinny”. 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.

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