Where does “winterfylleþ” come from?

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

winterfylleþ (Old English): October

Definitions

  1. October

Ancestry of “winterfylleþ”, step by step

winterfylleþ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English winter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwinterwinter; year
2Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
3Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

via Old English fylleþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfylleþfullness; a filling; a full moon
2Proto-Germanicfulliþōfullness
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpelə-to wander; to fill
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old English winter →