English
housey-housey
Reduplicated diminutive house + -y.
Formed from house + -y
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs ‘dwelling’
Middle English hous ‘house’
English house
The story
Reduplicated diminutive house + -y.
Today it means
noun Lotto or bingo, especially when played for money.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / housey-housey