Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sumar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Noun

*sumar m

1. summer

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sumar
Genitive	*sumaras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sumar	*sumarō, *sumarōs
Accusative	*sumar	*sumarā
Genitive	*sumaras	*sumarō
Dative	*sumarē	*sumarum
Instrumental	*sumaru	*sumarum

Derived terms

• *sumarōn

Descendants

• Old English: sumor, sumer, sumur
  • Middle English: sumer, somer
    • English: summer
    • Scots: somer, sumer, simmer, simer
    • Yola: zimmer, zummer
• Old Frisian: sumur, sumer
  • Saterland Frisian: Suumer
  • West Frisian: simmer
• Old Saxon: sumar
  • Middle Low German: somer, sommer
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Summer, Sommer, Sömmer
        • Westphalian:

          Paderbornisch: Sumer

          Sauerländisch: Suemer, Sūmer, Summer, Sommer

          Westmünsterländisch: Sommer

    • Plautdietsch: Somma
• Old Dutch: *sumar
  • Middle Dutch: sōmer
    • Dutch: zomer
      • Afrikaans: somer
    • Limburgish: zómmer
    • West Flemish: zommer
• Old High German: sumar
  • Middle High German: sumer
    • German: Sommer
    • Hunsrik: Sommer
    • Luxembourgish: Summer
    • Mòcheno: summer
    • Silesian East Central German: Summer
    • Vilamovian: zumer
    • Yiddish: זומער (zumer)

See also

Seasons in Proto-West Germanic · *jārastīdī (layout · text) · category
*langatīn (“spring”)	*sumar (“summer”)	*harbist (“autumn”)	*wintru (“winter”)