winta

winta

Sudovian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German wint, cf. German Wind.[1] Note that the inherited Baltic word for wind, wiiſ, is glossed as "storm".

Noun

winta

1. (weather) wind
   • “Pogańske gwary z Narewu” line 22, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     wiotr [wiatr] — winta

     wind

References

1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 81: “winta ‘vėjas, l. wiotr’ 22.”