Where does “wintercoude” come from?
wintercoude (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch coude, from Middle Dutch kelde, from Old Dutch keldi, from Proto-Germanic *kaldī.
wintercoude (Middle Dutch): winter cold
Ancestry of “wintercoude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | coude | cold, coldness; cold , fever |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kelde | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | keldi | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kaldī | — |