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Where does “sumerhus” come from?

sumerhus (Old English) comes from Old English sumor, 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.

sumerhus (Old English): summerhouse

Definitions

  1. summerhouse

Ancestry of “sumerhus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsumorsummer
2Proto-West Germanicsumarsummer
3Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year
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