Etymology

summerlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of summer. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English summer
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The story

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

From summer + -like.

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