Where does “Sommerfeldzug” come from?
Sommerfeldzug (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.
Sommerfeldzug (German): summer campaign
Definitions
- summer campaign
Ancestry of “Sommerfeldzug”, step by step
Sommerfeldzug 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 Feldzug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Feldzug | campaign |
| 2 | German | feld | field plot of open land, especially one used to grow crops |
| 3 | Middle High German | vëlt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | feld | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |