Where does “winter” come from?
winter (Scots) comes from Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic wintru, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.
winter (Scots): winter
Ancestry of “winter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | winter | winter |
| 2 | Old English | winter | winter; year |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | wintru | winter |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wintruz | winter |