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Where does “sommersolverv” come from?

sommersolverv (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.

sommersolverv (Norwegian Bokmål): summer solstice

Definitions

  1. summer solstice

Ancestry of “sommersolverv”, step by step

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