winta

Sudovian

Etymology

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

Noun

winta

  1. (weather) wind
    • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 22, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
      wiotr [wiatr] — winta
      wiotr [wiatr] — wind

References
  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.”
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