Where does “sommerhalvår” come from?

sommerhalvår (Danish) comes from Danish halvår, from Danish halv, from Old Danish half, from Old Norse halfr, from Proto-Germanic halbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

sommerhalvår (Danish): summer half-year, six-month period between the spring equinox and autumn equinox covers approximately the period from April to September

Definitions

  1. summer half-year, six-month period between the spring equinox and autumn equinox covers approximately the period from April to September

Ancestry of “sommerhalvår”, step by step

sommerhalvår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish halvår

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhalvåra half-year period of six months
2Danishhalvhalf
3Old Danishhalf
4Old Norsehalfrhalf
5Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...

via Danish sommer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsommersummer
2Old Norsesumarrsummer
3Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-
6Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-
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