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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-wintruz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the noun *wintruz (winter, year).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwin.truz/

Suffix

*-wintruz

  1. years old
  2. years lasting

Usage notes

  • Adjectives with this suffix were used both attributively (*twalifwintruz maguz = “twelve-year-old boy”) and predicatively (*maguz twalifwintruz isti = “the boy is twelve years old”).

Declension


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *-wintrī
    • Old English: -wintre
      • Middle English: -winter
  • Old Norse: -vetr
    • Icelandic: -vetur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: -vet m (in tvivet, tovet)
  • Gothic: -𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (-wintrus)
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