Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to YUROP@lemm.ee · 3 days ago"January" in European languages - Jakub Marianjakubmarian.comimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down17
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minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoInteresting how many (mostly Slavic) countries adopted the Roman calendar but decided to use their own names. I would assume that in the earlier Slavic calendars the months wouldn’t begin on the same days, even if they had months as such.
minus-squareBurnedOliveTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoWith Polish for example, we have 2 month that are currently named after Roman calendar, even thought all 12 of our months used to have their own names
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoPoland is the Iceland of calendar units
Interesting how many (mostly Slavic) countries adopted the Roman calendar but decided to use their own names. I would assume that in the earlier Slavic calendars the months wouldn’t begin on the same days, even if they had months as such.
With Polish for example, we have 2 month that are currently named after Roman calendar, even thought all 12 of our months used to have their own names
Poland is the Iceland of calendar units