The Names of the Months in Europe: Agricultural and Meteorological influences

Jean-Paul Poirier

European Review, 2007, vol. 15, issue 2, 199-207

Abstract: The ancient Anglo-Saxon and Germanic month names related to agricultural activities and meteorology have left traces in names still used in Germany, Holland and Denmark in the 19th century. Nowadays, in a number of East European languages (Croatian, Czech, Ukrainian, Polish, Byelorussian, Lithuanian, Finnish) the names of the months still refer to seasonal agricultural labours or meteorological conditions.

Date: 2007
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