Where does “zomervakantie” come from?

zomervakantie (Dutch) comes from Dutch zomer, from Middle Dutch sōmer, from Old Dutch sumar, from Proto-Germanic sumaraz, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-, from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- — summer, year.

zomervakantie (Dutch): summer holiday

Definitions

  1. summer holiday

Ancestry of “zomervakantie”, step by step

zomervakantie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zomer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzomersummer
2Middle Dutchsōmersummer
3Old Dutchsumar—
4Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year

via Dutch vakantie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvakantieA holiday, vacation; An easy, careless time
2Middle Dutchvacantie—
3Medieval Latinvacantialeisure; An empty place; nominative neuter plural...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro- →
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