English
shrinky
From shrink + -y.
Formed from shrink + -y
Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną ‘to shrink, pull together, shrivel’
Old English sċrincan ‘to shrink’
Middle English schrynken ‘to shrivel up or wrinkle’
English shrink
Today it means
adj Characteristic of a shrink (psychologist).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / shrinky