Where does “winters” come from?

winters (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch wintersch, from Middle Dutch -sch, from Old Dutch -isc, from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

winters (Dutch): wintery, winterlike

Definitions

  1. wintery, winterlike

Ancestry of “winters”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwinterschof the winter; wintery
2Middle Dutch-sch-ish, -an
3Old Dutch-isc—
4Proto-Germanic-iskazForms adjectives from nouns with the sense of...
5Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to
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