Where does “Sommersonnenwende” come from?
Sommersonnenwende (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.
Sommersonnenwende (German): summer solstice
Definitions
- summer solstice
Ancestry of “Sommersonnenwende”, step by step
Sommersonnenwende 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 Sonnenwende
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sonnenwende | solstice; heliotrope |
| 2 | German | sonne | Contraction of so eine; Ungrammatical synonym of... |
| 3 | Middle High German | sunne | sun |
| 4 | Old High German | sunna | sun; an excuse; justification |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnā | sun |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sunnǭ | the sun |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sh̥₂uén | sun; the Sun |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |