Where does “winter” come from?

winter (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch winter, from Old Dutch winter, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

winter (Dutch): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “winter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwinterwinter
2Old Dutchwinterwinter
3Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

Words derived from “winter”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →
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