Where does “Sommerblume” come from?
Sommerblume (German) comes from German Sommer, 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.
Sommerblume (German): summer flower
Definitions
- summer flower
Ancestry of “Sommerblume”, step by step
Sommerblume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sommer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sommer | summer |
| 2 | Middle High German | sumer | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sumar | summer |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sumar | summer |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sumaraz | summer |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥m-aro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-h₂-ó- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | semh₂- | summer, year |
via German blume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blume | flower, blossom colorful, conspicuous reproductive structure(s) of an angiosperm |
| 2 | Middle High German | bluome | flower |
| 3 | Old High German | bluomo | bloom |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |