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Where does “ווינטער” come from?

ווינטער (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German winter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-West Germanic wintru, from Proto-Germanic wintruz — winter.

ווינטער (Yiddish): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “ווינטער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwinter—
2Old High Germanwintar—
3Proto-West Germanicwintruwinter
4Proto-Germanicwintruzwinter

Words derived from “ווינטער”

  • ווינטערצײַט
Every word from Proto-Germanic wintruz →