stinginess

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Etymology tree English sting English -y English stingy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English stinginess From stingy + -ness.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بُخْل (buḵl) — lack of generosity
• Arabic: بخل (buḵil) — lack of generosity
• Azerbaijani: simiclik — lack of generosity
• Breton: tostoni — lack of generosity
• Czech: lakota — lack of generosity
• Czech: skoupost — lack of generosity
• Czech: škudlivost — lack of generosity
• Czech: skrblictví — lack of generosity
• Danish: nærighed — lack of generosity
• Dutch: gierigheid — lack of generosity
• Dutch: vrekkigheid — lack of generosity
• Dutch: inhaligheid — lack of generosity
• Dutch: schraperigheid — lack of generosity
• Faroese: gírni — lack of generosity
• Finnish: kitsaus — lack of generosity
• Finnish: itaruus — lack of generosity
• Finnish: saituus — lack of generosity
• Finnish: pihiys — lack of generosity
• Finnish: nuukuus — lack of generosity
• French: radinerie — lack of generosity
• French: pingrerie — lack of generosity
• French: avarice — lack of generosity
• Georgian: ხელმოჭერილობა (xelmoč̣eriloba) — lack of generosity
• Georgian: სიძუნწე (siʒunc̣e) — lack of generosity
• German: Geiz — lack of generosity
• German: Knauserei — lack of generosity
• Ancient Greek: φειδωλία (pheidōlía) — lack of generosity
• Ancient Greek: μικρολογία (mikrología) — lack of generosity
• Irish: péisteánacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: cinnteacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: cruacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: ceacharthacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: sprionlaitheacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: gortaíl — lack of generosity
• Irish: cruáil — lack of generosity
• Irish: cruálacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: cruas — lack of generosity
• Irish: caillteacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: gannchúis — lack of generosity
• Irish: stinsireacht — lack of generosity
• Irish: neoid — lack of generosity
• Italian: taccagneria — lack of generosity
• Italian: tirchieria — lack of generosity
• Italian: avarizia — lack of generosity
• Italian: grettezza — lack of generosity
• Italian: pitoccheria — lack of generosity
• Italian: spilorceria — lack of generosity
• Latin: avāritia — lack of generosity
• Norwegian: gjerrighet — lack of generosity
• Persian: تَنگچَشمِی — lack of generosity
• Persian: لِئامَت — lack of generosity
• Persian: خَست — lack of generosity
• Persian: کِنِسِی (kinisī) — lack of generosity
• Polish: skąpość — lack of generosity
• Romanian: avariție — lack of generosity
• Romanian: zgârcenie — lack of generosity
• Romanian: parcimonie — lack of generosity
• Russian: жа́дность (žádnostʹ) — lack of generosity
• Russian: ску́пость (skúpostʹ) — lack of generosity
• Slovene: skopušnost — lack of generosity
• Spanish: tacañería — lack of generosity
• Tagalog: kakulpitan — lack of generosity
• Tagalog: kakuriputan — lack of generosity
• Turkish: cimrilik — lack of generosity