Where does “Wanterint” come from?

Wanterint (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Wanter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-West Germanic wintru, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

Wanterint (Luxembourgish): teal

Definitions

  1. teal

Ancestry of “Wanterint”, step by step

Wanterint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Wanter

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

via Luxembourgish Int

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishIntduck
2Proto-Germanicanadzduck
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énh₂tsduck
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old High German wintar →
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