Where does “Sommerloch” come from?
Sommerloch (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.
Sommerloch (German): silly season; slow news day
Definitions
- silly season; slow news day
Ancestry of “Sommerloch”, step by step