Where does “sommerferie” come from?

sommerferie (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål 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.

sommerferie (Norwegian Bokmål): a summer holiday or vacation

Definitions

  1. a summer holiday or vacation

Ancestry of “sommerferie”, step by step

sommerferie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål sommer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsommersummer
2Old Norsesumarrsummer
3Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year

via Norwegian Bokmål ferie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålferievacation (US), holiday (UK)
2Latinfēriaea holy day; a festival; a holiday
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥m-aro- →