Where does “vintro” come from?

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

vintro (Esperanto): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “vintro”, step by step

vintro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Winter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWinterA placename
2Middle Englishwinterwinter
3Old Englishwinterwinter; year
4Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
5Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

via German Winter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWinterwinter
2Middle High Germanwinterwinter
3Old High Germanwintarwinter

Words derived from “vintro”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old English winter →