Etymology

summer-like

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English summer
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*s(e)m-eh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-h₂-ór-o-
  3. Proto-Germanic*sumaraz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sumar
  5. Old Englishsumor
  6. Middle Englishsomer
  7. Englishsummer
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todaysummer-like

From summer + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.