Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sumar

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

summer

Inflection

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

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
  - Silesian: Summer m
  - Vilamovian: zumer
  - Yiddish: זומער‎ (zumer)