English
faikins
From fay (“faith”) + -kins (“diminutive suffix”).
Formed from fay ‘faith’ + -kins ‘diminutive suffix’
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- ‘to fasten, place’
Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną ‘to join’
Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan ‘to fit together, join’
Old English fēġan ‘to join, unite’
Middle English feyen
English fay
Today it means
noun Faith (used in imprecations).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / faikins