Etymology

sommer

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Afrikaans sommer
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sommer · interjection1

  1. Afrikaans · derived fromsommer
  2. English todaysommer

From Afrikaans sommer.

Sommer · proper noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromsagma“pack saddle”
  2. Middle Low German · derived fromsomere“pack animal”
  3. English todaySommer

* As a German, Jewish, Danish, and Norwegian surname, from the noun sommer (“summer”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German somere (“pack animal”), probably derived from Latin sagma (“pack saddle”). * As an English, Scottish, and German surname, variant of Summer.

Words from the same roots

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