Somma

See also: somma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Somma.

Proper noun

Somma (plural Sommas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Somma is the 19852^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1354 individuals. Somma is most common among White (94.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Somma”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Mamos, ammos, mamos, sammo

Italian

Etymology

Habitational surname, from the town of Somma Vesuviana.

Proper noun

Somma m or f by sense

1. a surname

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German somer, sommer, from Old Saxon sumar, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Suumer, German Sommer, German Low German Summer, Sommer, English summer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔmʌ/

Noun

Somma m (plural Sommasch)

1. summer

Derived terms

• Sommatiet (summertime)
• Sommahus (summer house)
• Sommavoagel (butterfly)

See also

Seasons in Plautdietsch · Joarestiet (layout · text) · category
Farjoa (“spring”)	Somma (“summer”)	Hoafst (“autumn”)	Winta (“winter”)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words