midsummer
English
noun
Definitions
- The period around the summer solstice; about 21st June in the northern hemisphere.
- The first day of summer
- The middle of summer.
- Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
- A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English midsomer inherited from Old English midsumer inherited from *midisumar inherited from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (midsummer) pre from English summer (horizontal beam, pack horse).
Origin
English
summer
Gloss
horizontal beam, pack horse
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Summerland English
- aftersummer English
- foresummer English
- midsummery English
- nonsummer English
- oversummer English
- presummer English
- summer English
- summer tire English
- summer-like English
- summerfag English
- summerful English
- summerhouse English
- summerish English
- summerize English
- summerless English
- summerlike English
- summerlong English
- summerly English
- summersweet English
- summertide English
- summertime English
- summerwear English
- summerweight English
- summerwood English
- summery English
- unsummered English
- Mittsommer German
- Sommer German
- midzomer Dutch, Flemish
- zomer Dutch, Flemish
- *midjasumaraz Proto-Germanic
- midsommar Swedish
- サマー Japanese
- midsumer Old English
- midsumor Old English
- midsomer Middle English
- somer Middle English
- somero Esperanto
- middesomer Middle Dutch
- mittesummer Middle High German
- *midisumar gmw-pro
- mihcamárat Northern Sami
- jem̧ar Marshallese