English
Heinie
Heinie comes from English Heinrich ‘German given name’.
- English1500–presentHeinrich‘German given name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Heinie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentHeinrich‘German given name’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Heinie
Earliest quotation: 1999, William Martin Anderson, The Detroit Tigers: “Henry "Heinie" Manush,^([Heinie Manush]) yet another outfield prospect, joined…”
Formed from -ie ‘diminutive suffix’
Every English word from English Heinrich
Today it means
name A diminutive form of Heinrich, or its English cognate Henry, sometimes applied to a person of (real or supposed) German heritage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English Heinrich / Heinie