midsummer

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The period around the summer solstice; around June 21st in the northern hemisphere.
2. (countable, uncountable) The first day of summer.
3. (countable, uncountable) The middle of summer.
4. (countable, uncountable) Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.
5. (countable, uncountable) A pagan holiday or Wiccan Sabbat.

Adj

Occurring in the middle of summer.

Hevwate

summer solstice

dog days

June 21

height of summer

second month of summer

Werger

Hochsommer

piena estate

midzomer

pleno verano

canícula

Mittsommer

en plein été

plein été

μέσο του θέρους

milieu de l’été

cœur de l’été

au milieu de l’été

Mitte des Sommers

21 juin

θερινό ηλιοστάσιο

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: midsomer

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: midsumer

Hevwate bi frîsî: midsimmer

Hevwate bi holendî: midzomer

Hevwate bi almanî: Mittsommer

Hevwate bi danmarkî: midsommer

Hevwate bi swêdî: midsommar

Hevwate bi îzlendî: miðsumar

In summary

From Middle English midsomer, midsumer, from Old English midsumer, midsumor (“midsummer”), from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz (“midsummer”), equivalent to mid- + summer. Cognate with West Frisian midsimmer (“midsummer”), Dutch midzomer (“midsummer”), German Mittsommer (“midsummer”), Danish midsommer (“midsummer”), Swedish midsommar (“midsummer”), Icelandic miðsumar (“midsummer”).