English

eyewink

From eye + wink.

A compound of eye + wink

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-West Germanic *winkōn ‘to close one's eyes’

Old English wincian ‘to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink’

Middle English wynken ‘to close the eyes’

English wink

Today it means

noun An instant, a short moment.

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