wintar

Old High German

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wintru.

Noun

wintar m

1. winter

Declension

Declension of wintar (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wintar	wintarā, wintara
accusative	wintar	wintarā, wintara
genitive	wintares	wintaro
dative	wintare	wintarum
instrumental	wintaru	—

Descendants

• 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)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “wintar”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz, whence also Old High German wintar, Old English and Old Frisian winter, Old Norse vetr and vintr.

Noun

wintar m

1. winter
   • 9th century, Heliand, 197-198:

     Scred thie uuintar forth, gieng thes iares gital.

     The winter went on, the year's count continued.

Descendants

• Middle Low German: winter
  • Dutch Low Saxon: winter (Gronings)
  • German Low German: Winter
  • Plautdietsch: Winta