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Where does “summar” come from?

summar (Faroese) comes from Old Norse 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.

summar (Faroese): summer

Definitions

  1. summer

Ancestry of “summar”, step by step

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