Where does “winter” come from?

winter (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic wintru, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

winter (Old English): winter; year

Definitions

  1. winter; year

Ancestry of “winter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
2Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

Words derived from “winter”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →