English
hobnobby
From hobnob + -y.
Formed from hobnob + -y
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘to grab, seize’
Proto-Germanic *habjaną
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan
Old English habban ‘to have, possess’
English nob ‘a phrase spoken when making a toast, possibly…’
English hobnob
Today it means
adj casually chatty; on familiar speaking terms
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hobnobby