Where does “Wintergewitter” come from?

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

Wintergewitter (German): winter storm

Definitions

  1. winter storm

Ancestry of “Wintergewitter”, step by step

Wintergewitter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Winter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWinterwinter
2Middle High Germanwinterwinter
3Old High Germanwintarwinter
4Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
5Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

via German Gewitter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGewitterthunderstorm, lightning storm
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old High German wintar →