Where does “Winter” come from?

Winter (English) comes from Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic wintru, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

Winter (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Winter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwinterwinter
2Old Englishwinterwinter; year
3Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
4Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

Words derived from “Winter”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →