Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wintru

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Descendants

Old English: winter, ƿinter
- Middle English: winter, wintere, wintre
  - 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
  - Limburgish: wintjer
Old High German: wintar
- Middle High German: winter, winder
  - Alemannic German: Winter
    Italian Walser: wénter, winter, wenter
    Swabian: Wender
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: bintar
    Mòcheno: binter
    Udinese: binter, bintar
  - Central Franconian: Wenter, Wengter, Wonter, Wönter
    Hunsrik: Winter
  - German: Winter
  - Luxembourgish: Wanter
  - East Central German:
    Silesian German: Winter
  - Vilamovian: wynter
  - Yiddish: ווינטער‎ (vinter)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *wintru”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *wintru”