windy

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English wind Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English windy From wind (“to curve, bend”) + -y.

1. Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.

name

1. A locality in the Liverpool Plains council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

noun

Etymology: 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.

1. A fart.