winta

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Sudovian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German wint, cf. German Wind.[1] Note that the inherited Baltic word for wind, wiiſ, is glossed as "storm".

Noun

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winta

  1. (weather) wind

References

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 81:winta ‘vėjas, l. wiotr’ 22.