mydwinter

Middle English

Alternative forms

• midewinter, midwenter, midwinter, midwynter, myde-wynter, mydwynter, mydwyntyr

Etymology

Inherited from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz; equivalent to myd- +‎ winter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmid(ə)ˌwintər/

Noun

mydwinter (uncountable)

1. Christmas or the period around it.

Descendants

• English: midwinter

References

• “mid-winter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.