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

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “winter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwinterwinter
2Old Englishwinterwinter; year
3Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
4Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wintru →Every word from Old English winter →