Where does “Sommerurlaub” come from?

Sommerurlaub (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.

Sommerurlaub (German): summer vacation, summer holiday

Definitions

  1. summer vacation, summer holiday

Ancestry of “Sommerurlaub”, step by step

Sommerurlaub 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 Urlaub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUrlaubleave; holiday; vacation
2Middle High Germanurloup—
3Old High Germanurloub—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- →