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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
1 year ago
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)
1 year ago
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No, they are Slavic. Липень originally meant the time when липа (linden) is blooming.
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