Dinky
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late 18th century: from Scots and northern English dialect dink ‘neat, trim’, of unknown origin.
wiktionary
1780-90; compare Scots dink(“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y.
cf. DINK
etymonline
dinky (adj.)
1788, dinkie, "neat, trim, dainty, small," from Scottish dialectal dink "finely dressed, trim" (c. 1500), which is of unknown origin. Modern sense of "small, tiny" is by 1859. Related: Dinkiness.
