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
    • 1985 [1984], Pogańske gwary z Narewu [Pagan dialects from Narew], sourced from copy by V. Zinow, line 22:
      wiotr [wiatr] — winta
      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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