windproof

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts

Proto-Germanic *windaz

Proto-West Germanic *wind

Old English wind

Middle English wynd

English wind

English proof

English -proof

English windproof

From wind + -proof.

Adjective

windproof (comparative more windproof, superlative most windproof)

1. Providing protection from the wind.

Translations

providing protection from the wind

• Danish: vindtæt
• Finnish: tuulenpitävä (fi)
• Japanese: 防風 (ja) (bōfū)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vindtett

  Nynorsk: vindtett

• Russian: непродуваемый (ru) (neproduvajemyj)
• Swedish: vindtät

Verb

windproof (third-person singular simple present windproofs, present participle windproofing, simple past and past participle windproofed)

1. (transitive) To make resistant to the wind.