Where does “midwinter” come from?

midwinter (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic midjawintruz — midwinter.

midwinter (Old English): the middle of winter; midwinter, Christmas

Definitions

  1. the middle of winter; midwinter, Christmas

Ancestry of “midwinter”, step by step

midwinter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic midiwintru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmidiwintru—
2Proto-Germanicmidjawintruzmidwinter

via Proto-Germanic *midjaz wintruz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*midjaz wintruz—

Words derived from “midwinter”

Every word from Proto-Germanic midjawintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic midiwintru →