English
gnatty
From gnat + -y.
Formed from gnat + -y
Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- ‘to gnaw’
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Proto-Germanic *gnattaz ‘a biting insect’
Proto-West Germanic *gnatt ‘gnat, mosquito’
Old English gnætt
Middle English gnat ‘a gnat or similar insect’
English gnat
Today it means
adj Containing gnats.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gnatty