Where does “Winter” come from?

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

Winter (German): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “Winter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwinterwinter
2Old High Germanwintarwinter
3Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
4Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

Words derived from “Winter”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old High German wintar →