— whinger , n.
/hwinj, winj/ , v.i. , whinged, whinging . Brit. and Australian Informal.
to complain; whine.
[ bef. 1150; dial. (Scots, N England), earlier Scots quhynge, OE hwinsian (not recorded in ME); c. OHG winson (G winseln ); deriv. of Gmc base of WHINE ]