Where does “Wint” come from?

Wint (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German wint, from Old Saxon wind, from Proto-West Germanic wind, from Proto-Germanic windaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

Wint (Plautdietsch): wind

Definitions

  1. wind

Ancestry of “Wint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwint—
2Old Saxonwind—
3Proto-West Germanicwindwind
4Proto-Germanicwindazwind
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “Wint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →