Where does “sommerdag” come from?
sommerdag (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish sommer, from Old Norse sumarr, from Proto-Germanic sumaraz, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-, from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- — summer, year.
sommerdag (Norwegian Bokmål): a summer day; any day on which the temperature...
Definitions
- a summer day; any day on which the temperature...
Ancestry of “sommerdag”, step by step
sommerdag traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish sommer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sommer | summer |
| 2 | Old Norse | sumarr | summer |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sumaraz | summer |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥m-aro- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-h₂-ó- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | semh₂- | summer, year |
via Danish dag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | dag | day |
| 2 | Old Danish | dagh | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | dagr | a day; days, times |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via Norwegian Bokmål dag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | dag | a day; the period of time between sunrise and... |