English
sinky
From sink + -y.
Formed from sink + -y
Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- ‘to fall, sink’
Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną ‘to sink’
Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan ‘to sink’
Old English sincan ‘to sink’
Middle English synken ‘to sink (to embed)’
English sink
Today it means
adj Into which one can sink.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / sinky