Where does “Sommerschlussverkauf” come from?

Sommerschlussverkauf (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.

Sommerschlussverkauf (German): end-of-summer sale

Definitions

  1. end-of-summer sale

Ancestry of “Sommerschlussverkauf”, step by step

Sommerschlussverkauf 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 Schlussverkauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlussverkaufend-of-season sale
2GermanSchlußFormerly standard spelling of Schluss which was...
3Middle High Germansluz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro-