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
Ancestry of “winters”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | wintersch | of the winter; wintery |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | -sch | -ish, -an |
| 3 | Old Dutch | -isc | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |