Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/midjasumaraz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *midjaz (“mid”) +‎ *sumaraz (“summer”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *medyosamonyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmið.jɑ.ˈsu.mɑ.rɑz/

Noun

*midjasumaraz m

1. midsummer

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *midjasumaraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*midjasumaraz	*midjasumarōz, *midjasumarōs
vocative	*midjasumar	*midjasumarōz, *midjasumarōs
accusative	*midjasumarą	*midjasumaranz
genitive	*midjasumaras, *midjasumaris	*midjasumarǫ̂
dative	*midjasumarai	*midjasumaramaz
instrumental	*midjasumarō	*midjasumaramiz

Descendants

• Old English: *middesumor, midsumer, midsumor
  • Middle English: midsomer, midsumer
    • Scots: midsumer, midsomer, midsimer
    • English: midsummer
• Old Frisian: midsumur
  • West Frisian: midsimmer
• Old Saxon: *middisumar
  • Middle Low German: midsōmer, mitsōmer, mitsommer
    • Low German: Mitsömmer, Midsömmer
• Old Dutch: *midsumar
  • Middle Dutch: midsomer
    • Dutch: midzomer
• Old High German: *mittisumar
  • Middle High German: mittersumer
    • German: Mittsommer
    • Yiddish: מיטזומער (mitzumer)
• Old Norse: miðsumar
  • Icelandic: miðsumar
  • Faroese: midsummar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: midsumar
  • Old Swedish: miþsumar, midhsomar
    • Swedish: midsommar
  • Danish: midsommer
    • Norwegian Bokmål: midsommer
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: midsommar
  • Elfdalian: missåmår
  • Gutnish: missåmmar