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Do these month names come from the Gregorian calendar or something? I half expect July and August to be closer to those in romance languages and English coming from the Caesers and all
June 14, 2017
The meaning of the root of the name (the part before "-ень")
- Січень: cut (the snows cutting your face, I guess)
- Лютий: rage
- Березень: birch
- Квітень: flower
- Травень: grass
- Червень: red
- Липень: linden
- Серпень: sickle
- Вересень: heather (plant)
- Жовтень: yellow
- Листопад: "leaf" + "fall"
- Грудень: lump (I guess lumps of snow)
August 18, 2017
Sosnytskiy
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No, they are Slavic. Липень originally meant the time when липа (linden) is blooming.
June 14, 2017
