Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wintru
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wintruz.
Noun
edit*wintru m[1]
Inflection
edit| 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
editDescendants
edit- Old English: winter
- Old Frisian: winter
- Old Saxon: wintar
- Old Dutch: winter
- Old High German: wintar
See also
edit| Seasons in Proto-West Germanic · *jārastīdī (layout · text) · category | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| *langatīn (“spring”) | *sumar (“summer”) | *harbist (“autumn”) | *wintru (“winter”) |
References
edit- ^ 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”