Where does “winters” come from?

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

winters (English): plural of winter; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of winter; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “winters”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwinterTraditionally the fourth of the four seasons,...
2Middle Englishwinterwinter
3Old Englishwinterwinter; year
4Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
5Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old English winter →