Where does “winter” come from?

Winter comes from Old English winter, from Proto-Germanic wintruz, a word of uncertain ultimate origin.

winter (English): Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons,...

Definitions

  1. Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons,...

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