The Names of the Months in Europe
Agricultural and Meteorological influences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12417234 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Paul Poirier (Charbonnages de France, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199-207 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s106279870700021x |
| OpenAlex | W1964754300 |
| Language | EN |
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
Agriculture · Archaeology · Croatian · Czech · Economic history · Geography · Linguistics · Lithuanian · Portuguese · Ukrainian · History · Linguistics and language evolution
| Highly cited | No |
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