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May be related to *sēmi(“half”), if the original meaning was “half-year” as attested in Vedic.[1] Martirosyan argues that “year” was the original meaning.[2]
↑ 1.01.1Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sumara-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 491
↑ 2.02.1Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “amaṙn”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 46
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “sámā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 704
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “am”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 45