Where does “Sommerpause” come from?

Sommerpause (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.

Sommerpause (German): summer break (especially such a parliamentary recess)

Definitions

  1. summer break (especially such a parliamentary recess)

Ancestry of “Sommerpause”, step by step

Sommerpause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sommer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSommersummer
2Middle High Germansumer
3Old High Germansumarsummer
4Proto-West Germanicsumarsummer
5Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-
8Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year

via German pause

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpausepause, break
2Middle High Germanpūse
3Middle Frenchpausepause (brief cessation)
4Latinpausaa pause, halt, stop, cessation, end
5Ancient Greekπαῦσιςstopping, ceasing
6Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
7Ancient Greek-τιςretained after dentals
8Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro-