Where does “sommermåned” come from?
sommermåned (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål måned, from Danish måned, from Old Danish maanædh, from Old Norse mánaðr, from Proto-Germanic mēnōþs, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
sommermåned (Norwegian Bokmål): especially plural a summer month, a month in summer
Definitions
- especially plural a summer month, a month in summer
Ancestry of “sommermåned”, step by step
sommermåned traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.