-wintre

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier *-wintri, from West Germanic *-wintrī, from Proto-Germanic *-wintruz. Related to Gothic -𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (-wintrus). Ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter, year”), the ancestor of Old English winter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wintre/

Suffix

-wintre

  1. combined with cardinal numbers to create adjectives denoting the age of something
    • c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book
      Tīenwintre cniht mæġ bēon þīefðe ġewita.
      A ten-year-old boy can be an accessory to a theft.
    • late 9th century, The Old English Martyrology
      Sānctus Iūstus wæs eahtawintre þā hē martyrdōm þrōwode for Criste.
      Saint Justus was eight years old when he suffered martyrdom for Christ.
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