Where does “Spätsommer” come from?

Spätsommer (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.

Spätsommer (German): late summer

Definitions

  1. late summer

Ancestry of “Spätsommer”, step by step

Spätsommer 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 spät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspätlate
2Middle High Germanspǣte—
3Old High Germanspāti—
4Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
5Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro- →
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