Meaning

adjective abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

adjective not practical or realizable; speculative

adjective resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability

originFrom Middle English windy, from Old English windiġ (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”). The “frightened” sense probably derives from…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0