Where does “ウィンター” come from?

ウィンター (Japanese) comes from English Winter, from Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic wintru, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

ウィンター (Japanese): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “ウィンター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWinterA placename
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 →