Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wintru

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Noun

*wintru m

1. winter

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wintru
Genitive	*wintrō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wintru	*wintriwi, *wintrō
Accusative	*wintru	*wintrū
Genitive	*wintrō	*wintriwō
Dative	*wintriwi, *wintrō	*wintrum
Instrumental	*wintru	*wintrum

Derived terms

• *-wintrī

Descendants

• Old English: winter
  • Middle English: winter, wintere, wintre, wynter
    • English: winter
    • Scots: winter
    • Yola: wonter
• Old Frisian: winter
  • Saterland Frisian: Winter
  • West Frisian: winter
• Old Saxon: wintar
  • Middle Low German: winter
    • Dutch Low Saxon: winter (Gronings)
    • German Low German: Winter
    • Plautdietsch: Winta
• Old Dutch: winter
  • Middle Dutch: winter
    • Dutch: winter
      • Afrikaans: winter
      • Negerhollands: winter
      • → Sranan Tongo: wenter
    • Limburgish: wintjer
• Old High German: wintar
  • Middle High German: winter, winder
    • Alemannic German: Winter
      • Italian Walser: wénter, winter, wenter
      • Swabian: Wender
    • Bavarian: Winta
      • Cimbrian: bintar
      • Mòcheno: binter
      • Udinese: binter, bintar
    • Central Franconian: Wenter, Wengter (Ripuarian, now chiefly western dialects), Wonter, Wönter (Eifel)
      • Hunsrik: Winter
      • Luxembourgish: Wanter
    • German: Winter
    • East Central German:
      • Silesian East Central German: Winter
      • Vilamovian: wynter
    • Yiddish: ווינטער (vinter)

See also

Seasons in Proto-West Germanic · *jārastīdī (layout · text) · category
*langatīn (“spring”)	*sumar (“summer”)	*harbist (“autumn”)	*wintru (“winter”)