An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Simmer

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2651208An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SimmerJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Simmer, neuter ‘half a bushel,’ for earlier Modern High German and Middle High German sümmer, whose variants sümber, sumber (sümbrîn), lead to Old High German sumbir (sumbrîn). ‘basket.’ The suffix în occurs in several terms denoting vessels (see Kessel); the syllable ber in Middle High German sümber recalls Eimer and Zuber.