Where does “sommer” come from?

sommer (Danish) comes from Old Norse sumarr, from Proto-Germanic sumaraz, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-, from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- — summer, year.

sommer (Danish): summer

Definitions

  1. summer

Ancestry of “sommer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesumarrsummer
2Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
3Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-
5Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year

Words derived from “sommer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro-