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Where does “זומערצײַט” come from?

זומערצײַט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish זומער, from Middle High German sumer, from Old High German sumar, 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.

זומערצײַט (Yiddish): summertime

Definitions

  1. summertime

Ancestry of “זומערצײַט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishזומערsummer
2Middle High Germansumer—
3Old High Germansumarsummer
4Proto-West Germanicsumarsummer
5Proto-Germanicsumarazsummer
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥m-aro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year
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