midwinter

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1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*midjawintruz“midwinter”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*midiwintru
3. Old English · inherited frommidwinter
4. Middle English · inherited frommidwinter
5. English todaymidwinter

From Middle English midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- + winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”).