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

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

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