Where does “Sommer” come from?

Sommer (German) comes from Middle High German sumer, from Old High German sumar, from Proto-West Germanic 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.

Sommer (German): summer

Definitions

  1. summer

Ancestry of “Sommer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansumer—
2Old High Germansumarsummer
3Proto-West Germanicsumarsummer
4Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year

Words derived from “Sommer”

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