vinter
Swedish
/ˈvɪntɛr/
noun
Definitions
- winter; the coldest of the four seasons; either defined by three months between two fixed dates, or, in a meteorological sense, any period during which the average temperature is below freezing.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish vinter inherited from Old Norse vintr inherited from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (winter, year).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wintruz
Gloss
winter, year
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
冬
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *-wintruz Proto-Germanic
- *wintruz Proto-Germanic
- Vintergatan Swedish
- däck Swedish
- gata Swedish
- hämpling Swedish
- olympiad Swedish
- spel Swedish
- tid Swedish
- varg Swedish
- vargavinter Swedish
- vinterdäck Swedish
- vinterhämpling Swedish
- vinterolympiad Swedish
- vinterspel Swedish
- vintertid Swedish
- vintras Swedish
- vinter Norwegian Nynorsk
- winter Old English
- vetr Old Norse
- vintr Old Norse
- wintar Old High German
- vintro Ido
- winter Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *wintru gmw-pro
- winter Old Dutch
- wintar Old Saxon
- wenter Alemannic German
- winter Alemannic German
- wénter Alemannic German
- vinter Old Swedish
- winter Old Frisian
- wintær Old Danish
- witter Elfdalian