How Did Each Month Get Its Name?

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[@General.Knowledge]

*What are months called where you live?*

[@ghost_curse]

Basically what's in the video but additionally: janvier, fevrier, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, aout, septembre, octobre, novembre, decembre

[@General.Knowledge]

@@ghost_curse Nice! I need to learn French

[@ghost_curse]

@@General.Knowledge Additionally my parents speak Chinese and the months are basically just translated as "first month, second month" etc The days of the week are the same except for Sunday, which when translated would basically be Sunday

[@ChristoAbrie]

in Afrikaans, the months, in both spelling and pronunciation, are very similar to the English counterparts. May is spelled Mei (but pronounced identically) and it's the same story with Februarie, Oktober and Desember, all of which are pronounced and spelled very similar. April, September and November have both identical in spelling and nearly identical in pronunciation to the English counterparts. As for Junie, Julie and Januarie, the most major difference is the pronunciation of the letter "J", which in Afrikaans is a "yuh" sound similar to how the letter "y" is pronounced in most English words like "You". August actually is reverted to it's original Latin spelling "Augustus", the only difference being the pronunciation of the letter "g" (which is a fricative sound similar to gargling).

[@otakuofmine]

Hornung means kinda "horning", cause the red deer throws off its horns that month.

[@henryespinosa9283]

The Gregorian calendar started in 1582 (not 1782) in Catholic countries. Great Britain and its colonies started the Gregorian calendar in 1753 and at that time the old Julian calendar was 11 days behind the seasons.

[@karlmarxii1898]

And the name of the Pope was Gregory. In the video you said his name was Gregorian. That doesn't make sense for a name of a person, the suffix -ian indicates "belonging to", which is why the Gregorian calendar is named that because it was invented by Pope Gregory.

[@davidecorda7392]

I was about to write it, glad you did it first

[@johntom5049]

I think you'll find the Georgian calendar started on January 1st bro.

[@johntom5049]

@@BryanDunne And every year starts with what date, so the Georgian calendar start's with what date.

[@lap6945]

@@BryanDunne And they skipped half month as I recall？

[@thesteveruss]

Roman names for months and nordic/ germanic names for days ... what a mashup.

[@g.g.8610]

In English, in the Latin languages it remains in Latin with only some variations

[@otakuofmine]

and roman again. saturday is named after saturn.

[@rutgerb]

@@g.g.8610 in all germanic languages, including English.

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@otakuofmine And Sunday is name after the Sun.

[@Heligoland360]

@@diogorodrigues747 and Monday after the Moon

[@ThunderingJove]

Slight correction at the beginning of the video: The Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582.

[@lp-xl9ld]

Not to mention: the pope was GREGORY XIII. "Gregorian" is the adjectival form of his name.

[@tecumsehcristero]

@@lp-xl9ld thank you! After hearing that I wasn't about to trust shit this guy says. He researched, filmed and edited this video and didn't correct his mistake. He doesn't even realize it was a mistake. He should not be attempting to educate because he miseducates

[@dstinnettmusic]

@@tecumsehcristero good thing he isn’t an educator but an entertainer. Once you learn the difference the internet won’t make you say angry.

[@lap6945]

I was about to corrct him. Glad to find so many people already did.

[@alexd6393]

@@tecumsehcristero keep cool, he just did a mistake !

[@zhigis1]

Lithuania and Poland still use “germanic” style of calling months own way, linked to natural or agricultural periods. Fx. lithuanian months names: 1) Sausis, 2)Vasaris, 3)Kovas, 4)Balandis, 5)Gegužė, 6)Birželis, 7)Liepa, 8)Rugpjūtis, 9)Rugsėjis, 10)Spalis, 11)Lapkritis, 12)Gruodis

[@General.Knowledge]

Interesting!

[@lenoviukas5590]

I can confirm, also a fun fact: All spring months are named after a bird. Kovas: kovas, rook. Balandis: balandis, pigeon. Gegužė: gegutė, cuckoo.

[@sillyjellyfish2421]

So it's not my country but it's from our neighbours czech who just said ef latin names, we have our own. And so it goes: January - Leden - "month of ice" February - Únor - since norit means to dive or fall under because ice is melting and all that March - Březen - birch months because they get leaves April - Duben - same but oaks this time May - Květen - same but flowers and blooms this time. It's getting boring tbh June - Červen - červená means red so fruits like cherries are red July - Červenec - copy/paste june and this time it's apples August - Srpen - srp means hand scythe which refers to harvest of grain September - Září - říje means mating season and especially deers in the area don't let you forget about that October - Říjen - copy/paste september November - Listopad - literally leaves are falling. Pretty straightforward December - Prosinec - siný means grey or faded which pretty much sums up what december looks like

[@tuscanleather3209]

@LeeMyCookies Lietuviškas mėnesio pavadinimas susijęs su ūkininkams labai svarbiu kultūriniu augalu - linu. Jų pluošto paruošimo darbai buvo atliekami rudenį. Nutrupėjusios linų stiebelių dalys vadinamos spaliais, jų vardu ir pavadintas mėnuo.

[@Andrey-fx8mv]

Ukrainians, I think, also have their own names for months, like Veresen' and others.

[@sisilotau2185]

The influence on the world Rome has left behind will never cease to amaze me.

[@davidklein8608]

I never understood why they changed the beginning of the year from March to January. I make my resolutions for the year in March instead of January. Winter is the time to rest and be thankful for what you have; springtime is the time for planting and starting something new.

[@filhanislamictv8712]

You do you buddy

[@thefonzies6895]

Facts Mr Kline the neanderthals that run the world are winter time people that's why most important holidays are in the winter. Had a different group of people took over the world through war rape and robbery the year would start in the summer instead of winter

[@philh.7273]

He is doing him that was the point of the post lol

[@baase89]

​@@filhanislamictv8712 that's what he just said

[@cbsteffen]

I think the intention of the early 10-month calendar was to start the year in what would be spring for Rome. When two (2) more months were added, they came at the beginning probably to keep the tradition of ending the year around Christmas.

[@vladutcornel]

Romanians also have traditional names for months. Some of my favorites (i.e. the ones I can somewhat translate): June - Cireșar (Cherry month) June - Cuptor (Oven) August - Secelar (grain harvest) January - Gerar (Frost month)

[@eduardoxenofonte4004]

ah yes my favorite month *oven*

[@joanacaetanogomes]

Another fun fact is that one month used to have 30 days, the next one 31,then the next one 30 again. August used to have 30 days, since July had 31, and September and November used to have 31 days as well while October and December 30. But the emperor Augustus wanted to have his month with the same number of days as Juliu Caesar 's month, and that's why July and August both have 31 days, and then they had to change the number of days on the last months of the year.

[@thebrahmnicboy]

That was disproven and is inaccurate.

[@peterzavon3012]

The day added to August was taken from February, not the later months.

[@joanacaetanogomes]

@@peterzavon3012 yes i know that. I meant they just changed the order

[@Compucles]

@@peterzavon3012 Both are true. The later months were adjusting accordingly, but that added an extra day which was then taken from February.

[@manofculture4249]

Months in Hindu (Indian) calender are called, Chaitra (30/31) Vaisakh (31) Jyestha (31) Ashadha (31) Shravan (31) Bhadrapad (31) Ashwina (30) Kartik (30) Agrahayan / Margshirsh (30) Pausa (30) Magha (30) Phalguna (30) The numbers infront of the names of months are days in it. In a leap year Chaitra month gets 31 instead of 30 days. Hindu calender also have special feature of leap month in which after every 3 years or 4 times in every 11 years one year will have 13 instead of regular 12 months. 13th month is called Adhik Mass or Purushottam Mass (29). It is lunisolar meaning it is constructed with respect of both sun and moon. A new month starts on every new moon day or full moon day (depends on which version you are using)

[@JaKingScomez]

That seems far more inefficient then this calendar. Is there talk in India of switching calendars?

[@manofculture4249]

@@JaKingScomez We don't use it anyway in our day to day life. It is only used for religious or traditional purpose like tracking festivals, vrats and fasts or astrology ect.

[@nagassv5526]

@@JaKingScomez We dont really use it much its mainly used by bramhanas and to find hindu festivals

[@theworldexplained8253]

Difficult for even Indians to learn😅😅😅😅😅.

[@dyutimandas9772]

@@JaKingScomez it is efficient, but we only use to it track festivals, fasts, dates for weddings and other occassions or to predict happenings in the future, but we use the Gregorian calendar for day to day use cause' of its globalisation and the effect of British colonisation

[@fanteasy7399]

In Kazakhstan: Қантар - Qantar (January, means day lengthening). Ақпан - Aqpan (Feb, means blizzard month). Наурыз - Nauryz (March, means New Year from ancient turkic language) Сәуір - Säuyir (April, from old arabic means "Sun awakening") Мамыр - Mamyr (May, from old turkic means satiety) Маусым - Mausym (June, from arabic means "the season") Шілде - Shil'de (July, from old persian means "40 hot days of summer"). Тамыз - Tamyz (August, means "to burn out everything"). Қыркүйек - Qyrkuyek (September, the sheeps and goats were tied by warm clothing (Kuyek), so that they could give offspring not earlier than May. This activity was carried out in the grasslands (Qyr).) Қазан - Qazan (October, from old Persian means "Autumn/Fall") Қараша - Qarasha (November, means the time, when earth become crusty and lifeless) Желтоқсан - Zhel'toqsan (December, means "90 winds" because this month is mostly windy in Kazakhstan) Happy New Year to all those who have read the comment up to this point! Greetings from Kazakhstan!

[@e.a9751]

👍

[@owenwilz]

Ah very nice great nation kazakhstan

[@plorabare]

can you tell me all the "stan" countries, please?

[@MegaGigaPetarD]

@@plorabare Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan.

[@iliqiliev]

In Bulgarian the Latin names of the months are simply transcribed to Cyrillic

[@polishhussarmapping258]

Almost every language: let's name months similarly Polish: we don't do that here Styczeń Luty Marzec Kwiecień Maj Czerwiec Lipiec Sierpień Wrzesień Październik Listopad Grudzień

[@polishhussarmapping258]

@Ilija Martić So in Polish "listopad" is November, and in Croatian it's October. What a false friend.

[@almazu2770]

maj

[@ysevruk]

Same for all Slavic languages. Ukraine: Sichen’ Liutyi Berezen’ Kviten’ Traven’ Cherven’ Lypen’ Serpen’ Veresen’ Jovten’ Lystopad Hryden’

[@ephraimbrener9143]

@@ysevruk not all Slavic languages, Russian keeps the Roman names

[@OpaSpielt]

@@polishhussarmapping258 That is really confusing. 😲

[@Island_of_Solitude]

In ukrainian language most of the month names have old slavic origins. They tend to describe some natural phenomenon which is prevalent during this month: 1. Січень (sichen') from the word сікти (to cut), because in this month winter is cut in two halves, with mild temperatures in the first half and harsh colds in the second half, and it also can mean cold which "cuts" into your skin 2. Лютий (lyutyi) which is an adjective with several meanings like severe, ferocious, wicked, angry, harsh, etc. refering to severe colds during this month 3. Березень (berezen') from the tree "береза" birch tree, because during this month birch trees were mostly dry and some of them were burned to ash which was then used as a fertilizer 4. Квітень (kviten') means flowers month or blossom month, which is pretty self explanatory 5. Травень (traven') month of grass 6. Червень (cherven') there is two possible explanations, it either means red month because many fruits and berries turn red when they ripen during this month or it means worm month, because people used to pick up pests like catterpillars in gardens. Strangely enough the word червоний (red) actually comes from a черви (worms) because there is one species of worms from which red dye used to be made. 7. Липень (lypen') from linden tree which is blooming during this month, it was important tree because many natural remedies were made from linden blossom. Earlier it this month were also called "грозник" thunder month 8. Серпень (serpen') basically month of sickle, main tool that were used during harvest season. It was also called жнивень harvest month. 9. Вересень (veresen') heather month, were also called хмурень (gloomy, cloudy month) or ревун (howler) because of howling cold winds 10. Жовтень (zhovten') yellow month, when most of the leaves on trees turns yellow 11. Листопад (lystopad) literally means fall of the leaves, defoliation 12. Грудень (hruden') from грудка (lump) because due to cold weather earth were turning into frozen lumps, clouts. Sometimes were called студень (cold, chill) month

[@thomasboyd1402]

Some Slavic countries (Croatia and Poland for sure) have their own names for months, mostly inspired by nature and agriculture. Similar to what Charlemagne had for his realm.

[@kingbjorn1832]

And because of that they are no longer in the cool zone.

[@OttoLenig]

Same for Ukraine.

[@Sovi59]

never knew that croatia was a slavic country

[@ali_xhan]

@@hxge0241 Kosovo is not slavic

[@ali_xhan]

@MemeLordPepe what? 95% are albanians

[@croatianeurofan8169]

In Croatia the months are called: 1. Siječanj 2. Veljača (my birth month) 3. Ožujak 4. Travanj 5. Svibanj 6. Lipanj 7. Srpanj 8. Kolovoz 9. Rujan 10. Listopad 11. Studeni 12. Prosinac

[@vlashante]

Zato vi zovete mjesece po brojevima jer ludi ti ne bi popamtio :D

[@Clodd1]

How do you guys manage to be different from the rest of the world?

[@tolia5587]

In Ukraine the are called Січень Лютий Березень Квітень Травень Червень Липень Серпень Вересень Жовтень Листопад Грудень

[@vlashante]

@@tolia5587 Старословенски називи за мјесеце као и код старих Срба. Само што ми форсирамо Латинске називе.

[@KlaraL-_-]

We have something similar in Czech and Srpen is the 8th and Listopad the 11th (guess harvest comes later and leaves fall a month later too :D) and Prosinec is the 12th!

[@yusufcankusgoz8712]

Let me introduce the months in Turkish 🇹🇷: 1) Ocak: literally means stove. It got its name because it is cold and everybody’s home and busy cooking. 2) Şubat: adopted from the equivalent of February in Assyrian calendar. 3) Mart: same with March. 4) Nisan: adopted from the equivalent of April in Assyrian calendar. 5)Mayıs: same with May. 6)Haziran: comes from an Assyrian word ‘hazuran’ which means hot. It basically indicates the hot season is starting. 7) Temmuz: used as ‘hell’ and ‘extreme hot’ in old Turkic. Also there is a Babylonian goddess of fertility named Tammuz. 8) Ağustos: same with August. 9) Eylül: comes from “elul” which means “harvest” in old Babylonian. 10) Ekim: gerund form of the verb “Ekmek” which means “to plant”. Therefore, it means “plantation”. 11) Kasım: comes from an Arabic word that means “to seperate”. I don’t know why but in the resources it is mentioned that people used to divide the year into two 180-day-long phases and the first phase started in November. (Maybe something with the taxes) 12) Aralık: literally means ‘in between’. It is called this way because it is the month in between the old year and the new year. Happy new year everyone ❤️

[@danielbishop1863]

The Hebrew calendar has very similar names for #2 (Shevat), #4 (Nisan), #7 (Tammuz), and #9 (Elul).

[@yusufcankusgoz8712]

@@danielbishop1863 I found that Turkish spesifically adopted Eylül/Elul from Hebrew calendar but I the others are from the Assyrian calendar. Regardless, I think they are all rooted in the same mentality 😅

[@Giaayokaats]

Fascinating mix of origins here

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@yusufcankusgoz8712 You are Greek. Check DNA

[@e.a9751]

@@arolemaprarath6615 what the hell ,why should he immediately look after it

[@darreljones8645]

I noticed two errors within seconds of each other in the first minute of this video. The Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, not 1782. And the pope's name was Gregory, not Gregorian. ("Gregorian" means "of Gregory".)

[@crpth1]

In fact you're making a big mistake yourself! The Pope's name was never Gregory! It was Gregorius! For someone so keen on pointing "errors"! That's kind of sarcastic! LOL 😂

[@oatmilkplays]

Start your own channel then

[@didonegiuliano3547]

@@crpth1 back to those times in Late Renaissance Italy, he’s name was Gregorio

[@Vertikal1000]

@@crpth1 Well, actually his birth name was Ugo Boncompagni… Gregorius was his ‘Pope’ name in Latin.

[@HahnJames]

As always, this was a really cool video. Great job, GK!

[@karlbasallote6719]

Here in the Philippines we use the Spanish words for the months of the year. 1. Enero 2. Pebrero 3. Marso 4. Abril 5. Mayo 6. Hunyo 7. Hulyo 8. Agosto 9. Septyembre 10. Oktubre 11. Nobyembre 12. Disyembre

[@crazyhorsebear]

Damn so phillipinos speaking Spanish

[@Dhi_Bee]

@@crazyhorsebear wait until you Google the Filipino days of the week & also things found in a kitchen including kitchen (cocina = kusina) & probably 1000s of other Spanish origin words Tagalog uses today. LOL! That’s what 100s of years of Spanish colonialism will do to languages.🤷‍♂️😂

[@Litron6]

a now fully spanish 1. Enero 2. Febrero 3. Marzo 4. Abril 5. Mayo 6. Junio 7. Julio 8. Agosto 9. Septiembre 10. Octubre 11. Novienbre 12. Diciembre

[@Billy_Almighty]

nakalimutan mo ang 13th month... "Lubi- Lubi." 😂😂😂

[@karlbasallote6719]

@@Billy_Almighty oo nga noh. Wahaha

[@IDontWantThisStupidHandle]

June was named after Juno, goddess of marriage, as marriages were often performed in this time of year in ancient Rome.

[@xaviotesharris891]

I think you'll find that Pope was named Gregory (Gregorius in Latin), and that Gregorian is the adjectival form of his name.

[@marcobelli6856]

Also it was in 1500s not 1700s

[@2pacaveli257]

My first time knowing 😂, and am 45yrs old..we never got this knowledge in my schooling years, thanks 😊

[@Suite_annamite]

@0:16: In fact, *every country outside of western (Catholic) Europe and the Americas* have their own calendar: which is why that Reddit map is far too simplistic and even misleading. *Some* countries/societies *even have 3 calendars* in use. I'm of Vietnamese background, and *Vietnamese culture* has access to: the *Gregorian* calendar (for daily official use), the *Chinese* lunisolar calendar (for traditional use), as well as the *Buddhist* calendar (for religious use). My girlfriend is of *Algerian* background, and also comes from a culture that utilizes 3 calendars, the *Gregorian* , *Arab-Islamic* , as well as the *traditional Berber calendar* (based on the ancient Julian calendar).

[@WitmanClan]

Incredibly fascinating thank you 🙏

[@General.Knowledge]

Thank you for watching!

[@Flaura2710]

I've learnt so much in this video ! And love to learn about the May months (with the goddess Flora which I didn't even know about!). Thank you for such a good content !

[@DareMurdok]

historical and cultural difference in time keeping and how they tracked the positions of the moon, sun , earth, and stars, and when and why they planted and harvested certain crops is super cool. Please continue this series if you can :)

[@luisalmeida1391]

Brilliant! I must show this to my students!

[@johnlumsden9102]

Thought about looking this subject up literally an hour before I found it here. Thanks for the info!

[@kfiraltberger552]

9:26 fun fact, Jewish tradition starts the year on the first of the month Tishrei which roughly sits on the same time as september, and so we celebrate the holyday Rosh Hashana decpite using the Gregorian calender. Rosh=head Ha=of the Shana=year Rosh Hashana=head of the year/first of the year

[@adrianblake8876]

Funner fact: the jewish calender originally started on the month of Nissan (equivalent to April) and the countings are around that. The previous month, Adar, is doubled when an intercalary month is needed.

[@kfiraltberger552]

@@adrianblake8876 teah i know, this year there will be an adar א and adar ב

[@Compucles]

Yeah, and the Jewish calendar also begins the day at sunset instead of midnight (or they at least used to do so), so they're just weird.

[@kfiraltberger552]

@@Compucles i mean the halakha does but day to day people dont really think of it like that

[@wicori5008]

I like the japanese Months. ichi-gatsu first Month ni-gatsu second Month and so on very easy to learn

[@voodoolilium]

There are also traditional names for the months, although I have no idea if they're used for anything anymore (born and raised in the US, so I don't even know if people know about it; I only learned it through wikipedia :P).

[@voodoolilium]

@Pascal Milan how so? English has more or less the same system, but we use the names far more often than the numbers.

[@diogorodrigues747]

Happy New Year, General Knowledge! Boas entradas, compatriota! Abraços.

[@tommay6590]

0:45 it should read 1582 not 1782.

[@General.Knowledge]

You are right!

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Great video again! Happy new year!

[@jealousssss]

This was a fun video! Ty for piquing my interest

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Congrats! Very interesting video.

[@freddynovember5842]

very insightful, thank you

[@dustgreylynx]

In slavic and Baltic countries the months actually still mean something, or let's say their names are.clear to the speakers of the respective modern day languages. Here is an example of Belarusian: Studzień - frost month Luty- fury/blizzard month Sakavik - juicy month Krasavik - beauty month Travień - grass month Červień - red month Lipień - linden tree month Sierpień - sickle month Vierasień - heather month Kastryčnik - bonfire month Listapad - fall of the leaves Śniežań - snow month

[@andreiteodorowich4780]

Actually, "kastryčnik" doesn't mean bonfire, although I've always thought it does. It is derivative from the word "kastra" (bel: "shives") - the wooden refuse removed during processing flax, hemp, or jute. Ancient Belarusians, Lithuanians, and Poles had been processing flax mostly in October, so that's why it has such name in these languages. Вялікі дзякуй, што напісаў пра нашыя месяцы! ;)

[@andreastraut864]

Nice video! For your next one, you could talk about the non Gregorian Calendars and about the mayan and lunar as well.

[@Markus_Abrach]

7:48 Because the german name of June and July is very similar (more than in english) it is often clarified as Juno to make a bigger difference

[@melinda5777]

Enjoyed this! Thank you

[@General.Knowledge]

Thank you for watching!

[@joeBX53]

Excellent! Thank you

[@erraticonteuse]

Oh man, I was born in May and Claudius is my favorite emperor. I would love if the name of the month had been changed permanently!

[@Foree89]

Fun fact: In Hungarian now we use the latin names, but about 200 years ago we used these: January: month of Assumption of Mary February: month before Lent March: month after Lent April: month of St. George May: month of Pentecost June: month of St. John July: month of St. James August: month of the Lady September: month of St. Michael October: All Hallows month November: month of St. Andrew December: month of Christmas Before that a more nature-like nomenclature were used: January: Tempest month February: Icebreaker month March: Hatching month April: Wind month May: Promised month June: Sun month July: Blessed month August: New bread month September: Earth month October: Sower month November: Mildew month December: Dream month

[@NieJa_2137]

You should do a similar video about the days of the week, their names have really cool origins, and you could also include some non-english examples in that one since the days of the week differ much more than months

[@LegitBoy]

In Latin the s at the end of words is not pronounced like a "sh" sound, it's just pronounced like a normal s.

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks! I tend to make this mistake when reading latin things, I read them as if they were written in Portuguese

[@diogorodrigues747]

The Portuguese "s" is a mix between a "sh" and a "s"... that's why!

[@Leo137156]

I was just going to say that. You beat me to it. Thanks.

[@AndreSimoes71]

@@General.Knowledge for Portuguese speakers, Latin “s” is always pronounced “ss”, even between vowels: “rosa” = “rossa”

[@adrianpena800]

I know September-December were from the Latin numbers 7-10. I’m curious what the others were. 7-Septem 8-Octo 9-Novem 10-Decem

[@DrinkingStar]

Excellent video about the naming of the months. I hope you do a video on how the Romans used specific points( dates on the calendar to indicate the date of that month such as the Ides with was on the13th or the 15th of the month. In March, the Ides fell on the 15th day of the month. You mention the Kalendae(1st day of the month) but you did not mentions the Nonae( 5th or the 7th day of the month) nor the Ides. The Romans used these 3 points as markers in counting how far away the specific day of the month was from one of these 3 reference points. I mention this because in my Latin 3 class, we would have to list the date on our papers using the Roman date system.

[@nabbar]

According to Wikipedia, the pope's name in Latin (the official language of the Catholic Church) was Gregorius. In English, the anglicized form "Gregory" is normally used. "Gregorian" is a modified form of the name for use as an adjective, similar to how "Victorian" and "Elizabethan" are related to "Victoria" and "Elizabeth."

[@mewosh_]

Meanwhile in Polish we call November "listopad" because in this month the leaves are falling from the trees. liść - leaf opadł - fell

[@General.Knowledge]

Nice! Are the other months' names also different?

[@mewosh_]

@@General.Knowledge Pretty much all of them except for maybe May and March are completely different 😆

[@Croat955]

Same in croatian

[@tadeas9295]

Same in Czechia

[@lmao1660]

We have this word too, but we dont use it that much, only to describe, well, leafs falling.

[@stressedflipflop]

I like that last idea. Being an October born, it really annoys me that it's the 10th month. Since octo- is really popularly related to eight. Like octopus, octagon, etc.

[@ishaanchadha5513]

It's 8th month according to Hindu calendar. Same with sept known as 7 in Hindi same with November December

[@marcobelli6856]

December (dieci is ten in italian from Latin) November (nove means NINE) September (sette mean SEVEN in italian) that’s because without the months for Caesar and Augustus they were the 7th 8th 9th and the last one was december (10th). Then the months became 12 but they were 10

[@leodutriaux3748]

In France (and in part of Europe because of Napoleon) there was also the revolutionary calendar refering to agriculture periods and following the seasons, a bit in the same vein as the Charlemagne one, but in a more poetic way. You can still see revolutionary dates on some official French buildings such as the Ecole Normale Superieure. They were: Autumn: Vendémiaire, Brumaire, and Frimaire; Winter: Nivôse, Pluviôse, and Ventôse; Spring: Germinal, Floréal, and Prairial; Summer: Messidor, Thermidor, and, Fructidor. They were all 30 days long, with a five or six days ceebration a the end of the year. There were also 10 days weeks and decimal time...

[@Croat955]

In croatian 1.siječanj 2.veljača 3 .ožujak 4.travanj 5.svibanj 6.lipanj 7.srpanj 8.kolovoz 9.rujan 10.listopad 11.studeni 12.prosinac

[@fraso7331]

Wonnemonat and Lenz are still used in Germany, espescially by poets. Hornung is, let's say, known.

[@privaterizk4936]

0:11 just wanna share a bit info. Indonesia would be included in "Uses Gregorian alongside others" "Widely use calendar" here use 3-4 system at the same time: • Solar year/Masehi (365d): Januari, Februari, Maret, April, Mei, Juni, Juli, Agustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember. • Islamic/Lunar year (354d): Muharam, Safar, Rabiul awal, Rabiul Akhir, Jumadil 'Ula, Jumadil Akhir, Rajab, Sya'ban, Ramadhan, Syawal, Zulkaidah, Zulhijjah • Javanese (especially in Java). Which adapted both solar and lunar year. It has 2 dating system: 7 and 5 days. So, the month look like this [Solar] [Lunar] [Java] one "box" of day look like this: [Solar] [Java 7] [Java 5] [Lunar]

[@BuurmanDirk69]

Gregorius xiii lived in the 16th century...?

[@General.Knowledge]

He did yes, there was a typo of a 7 instead of a 5, it should be 1582 and not 1782

[@lehuynguyen8400]

0:58, it was 1582 that Pope Gregory XIII issued the degree on the new calendar, not 1782. In Vietnam, months are not named, but called according to the order of it in the year. January = 1st month February = 2nd month March = 3rd month Etc.

[@theultimatefreak666]

As a German i gotta attempt to decipher the old-German. Hornung... Hörnung? Changing between umlaut and the "normal" letter happened quite a lot in the evolution of the German language Now aside from the obvious horn connection (which might very possibly be the source but feels boring) the inlet of the Baltic sea at Kiel is called Hörn... Yeah, Idk

[@General.Knowledge]

I couldn't find any type of meaning or origin for it either!

[@otakuofmine]

@@General.Knowledge german wiki article tells us: meaning "horning", for that month the red deer tossed its horns.

[@MrCosmica]

Finnish month names are Tammikuu lit. Oak Moon or in old dialect Heart Moon which might refer to the heart of winter. Helmikuu lit. Pearl Moon refers to water droplets freezing and resembling pearls. Maaliskuu has no literal translation in modern Finnish but it might come from Earthy Moon which in turn might refer to snow melting and revealing the ground after winter. Huhtikuu lit. "Burn-beating" Moon refers to old habit of slash and burn cultivation. Toukokuu lit. Sowing Moon. Kesäkuu lit. Summer Moon. Heinäkuu lit. Hay Moon. Elokuu lit. Crop/Harvest Moon. Syyskuu lit. Fall/Autumn Moon. Lokakuu lit. Slush/Mud Moon refers to wet snow that starts to fall in October. Marraskuu lit. Lifeless/Dead Moon (old Finnish) which refers to soil being covered in snow and trees having no leaves so that nature is seemingly lifeless for the winter. Joulukuu lit. Christmas Moon. Originally this month was named Winter Moon.

[@Ralphieboy]

My favorite is the word for September (in some languages October) "LIstopad", the Month of Falling Leaves

[@likemeordont5951]

I would like to learn how and why the first calenders were created. Also, by who? Who decided how long a minute/hour/week, actually was. Great video, thsnks!

[@orekihiki4038]

Were the babylon, they had a numeric sistemy with base in 60, that’s why we have 60 minutes, seconds, hours and minutes. The days, weeks and months are greeks, i think.

[@rutgerb]

@@orekihiki4038 if anyone is wondering why 6/12/24 instead of our 5/10/20: Ancient civilizations counted by twelves using the segments of their fingers (Where we count our ten fingers). The do 'egyptian' counting you start with a fist and use your thumb to count every segment of the fingers.

[@kissadev.]

A month is the time the moon takes to make a full orbit around Earth. A week is the appearence of the moon during this orbit (full moon, half moon and etc... I Know the name of the moon phases in my language, but not in English still). So, a week is a moon phase.

[@fron3107]

Amazing!

[@kvazgoo6826]

Happy new year!

[@siarhian10]

loving the attempt at Latin pronunciation! obviously isn't perfect, but the fact you tried at all is impressive

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

in mongolia months are called neg=1st sar=month hoyr=2nd sar= month and so on. compared to english its convenient and easy to learn

[@soul8938]

In Albanian they are similar although some stand out Janar Shkurt (means literally short lol) Mars Mai Prill Maj Qershor Korrik (harvest) Gusht Shtator (shtatë =7) Tetor (tetë=8) Nëntor (nëntë =9) Dhjetor (dhjetë=10)

[@General.Knowledge]

It's really cool how most of them were kept but 2 made different. Also hilarious that February is called short

[@soul8938]

@@General.Knowledge yes those having actual albanian meanings probably means that they had some importance among the native people and were used pre and after the romans

[@furlan1743]

If you remove the sh from shkurt you get short in Neapolitan

[@Clodd1]

Really good info. (Are you Portuguese?)

[@diogorodrigues747]

Yes.

[@yusufgazi7]

Great video

[@danielmalinen6337]

In Finland: 1st: "Tammikuu" gets its Finnish name from the word "sammas", which means pole or axis. February has been the middle month of the year in Finland but now it is the first. 2nd: "Helmikuu" gets its Finnish name from the ice drops that form on the trees in the spring when the sun warms the snow on the trees. 3rd: "Maaliskuu" gets its Finnish name from that the ground ("maa" in Finnish) begins to show up under the snow (because the weather warms up and melts snow). 4th: "Huhtikuu" gets its Finnish name from that slash-and-burn swidden ("huhta" aka "kaski" in Finnish) was custom to cut just at that time of year. 5th: "Toukokuu" gets its Finnish name from showing work, which is called "toukotyöt" in Finnish. And the word "touko" comes from the old uralic word for spring. 6th: "Kesäkuu" gets its Finnish name from that some of the fields were plowed to fallows ("kesanto" in Finnish) during June. 7th: "Heinäkuu" gets its Finnish name from that hay and grain ("heinä" in finnish) was cut and harvested at that time. Funfact: Gathering of hay and grain has been hard work because July is the warmest and most suffocating month in Finland. 8th: "Elokuu" is the month that begins the harvest ("Elonkorjuu" in Finnish) when the "elo" (food) or "elanto" (food for living) is collected and stored for the winter. The Finnish name of this month comes from that. August is also called "mätäkuu" in Finland, because then the wounds will always rot. 9th: "Syyskuu" gets its Finnish name from that then it is autumn / fall ("syksy" in Finnish) and the harvest begins to end. The word "syksy" is old and has an Ugric origin. 10th: "Lokakuu" gets its Finnish name from that the weather is wet and the ground is muddy ("loka" in Finnish). October is also known as the "Köyrikuu" because that is when the harvest ended and it was time to celebrate the Kekri. 11th: "Marraskuu" is an exception, its Finnish name is a loan from Latin and comes from the word "mors" ("death" in English). This name highlights that in November the plants dies and gives way to winter when the ground goes to frost. 12th: "Joulukuu" gets its Finnish name from that Jól / Yule is in that month. In the past, the month has been called the "talvikuu" which is the month of winter. The word "talvi" also has old Ugric origin.

[@ChristianDoretti]

10th is Lukaku 0_0

[@kalyanshrestha7069]

Haha yesterday one question from this video came in my quiz contest😂

[@ricardolichtler3195]

O calendário gregoriano foi instituído em 1582, e não em 1782 como o vídeo afirma.

[@jarashiftw7679]

In Ethiopia the months are: 1.Meskerem 2.Tikimit 3.Hidar 4.Tahisas 5.Tir 6.Yecatit 7.Megabit 8.Meyazia 9.Ginbot 10.Sene 11.Hamle 12.Nehase(my birth month) 13.Pagume

You know "Names of the week in Portuguese" is going to be a banger, don't you? I'm looking forward to that.

[@General.Knowledge]

The forever lasting question of why we start counting on 2 instead of 1

[@AndreSimoes71]

I guess because the first day is the day of the Lord, maybe (dominicu- > domingo)

[@diogorodrigues747]

The Portuguese week names were invented by Martinho de Dume, a Galician churchmen, in the VI century AD.

[@frapiment6239]

@@diogorodrigues747 Tanto quanto sei o nome dos dias em Português veio do Hebreu que contam exatamente da mesma forma contrariamente as outras línguas que na maioria das Europa e América deriva do Latim tal como os meses.

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@frapiment6239 Verdade, mas os nomes da semana em português foram criados pelo clérigo Martinho de Dume, e há bastantes registos e fontes que o comprovam. Isso, por exemplo, explica o porquê de também serem usados a norte de Minho (ou melhor, eram, porque entretanto veio Castela e proibiu o seu uso, levando à sua extinção).

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

I'm German and I'm sure I would butcher these old germanic names.

[@General.Knowledge]

They do seem very complicated

[@petardukic6541]

Fun fact.As an Orthodox Serb, we use the Julian calendar in our church so we celebrate Christmas on December 25 in the Julian calender or January 7 in the Gregorian😁

[@dabass438]

Actually, March was the first month in the ancient Roman calendar, which originally ended in December--no months for the rest of winter. As Rome began to grow into an empire January was added, then finally February (that's why it only has 28 days--the Romans preferred odd numbers over even, so many of the months had 31 days, leaving only 28 for February when it was finally added). Spring also began on March 1, and the spring equinox fell on March 25 (it was corrected at Nicea 1, AD 325).

[@bernardoserralta1481]

Manda um salve!! Teu canal é bom demais, abraços do Brasil

[@souvikgoswami5870]

It's weird for us. In Sanskrit 7th Saptam September 8th Astam October 9th Navam November 10th Dasam December.

[@danielaustin3650]

At this point all I remember is January 2021 and December 2021.

[@heringebatse814]

Herbistmanoth = Herfstmaand = Autumn month, and not Harvest (which has the same root but got a different meaning somehow in English). We still use some of these Frankish names in our dialect of Dutch (in normal Dutch the months are the same as in English but with a slightly different spelling): Lauwmaand for Januari ( Laauw = ltanning), Schrikkelmaand for Februari (Schrikkel = Leap), Lentemaand for March (Lente = Spring), Grasmaand for April (Gras = grass), Wonnemaand for May (Wonne comes from winnen / to win) , Braakmaand or Zomermaand for June (Braak = fallow, Zomer = Summer), Hooimaand for July (Hooi = Hay), Oogstmaand for August (Oogst = Harvest), Vruchtmaand or Herfstmaand for September (Vrucht = Fruit or Herfst = Autumn), Wijnmaand or Zaaimaand for October (Wijn = Wine, Zaai = Sow), Slachtmaand or Adventmaand for November (Slacht = Butcher,) Donkermaand or Kerstmaand or Wintermaand for December (Donker = Dark / Kerst=Christmas)

[@jadenephrite]

Regarding 0:40, the Gregorian Calendar was not introduced in the year 1782, instead it was introduced 200 years earlier in 1582. Furthermore that pope's name was not Gregorian XIII, instead that pope's name was Gregory XIII.

[@jdu7729]

11:30 one of them is still in use in German today, kind of, May is still very well knowen as "Wonnemonat Mai"

[@davidbakke9293]

0:55 it blows my mind that we were able to accurately predict the length of a year 2000 years ago.

[@pankajsolanki1651]

Happy new year 2022

[@Ralphieboy]

"Hornung" for February might derive from when the deer shed and started regrowing their horns

[@renatoe9648]

Claudius would have been cool and a few others in place of the numbered ones like Alexandros or Severus guess it all came down to the emperors that tried to change names being widely unpopular also surprised pope Gregorius didnt try to use saints or biblical names in those open spaces

[@ConRhoLahainne]

Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

[@alilaboudi5560]

Interesting content! Now we need one for the Hijri calendar too (Muslim calendar)

[@xxngsinhauxx]

In my country, I can use three languages of It, English(International): January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Malay(Malaysia): Januari, Februari, Mac, April, Mei, Jun, Julai, Ogos, September, Oktober, November, Disember. Chinese/Mandarin(中文): 一月，二月，三月，四月，五月，六月，七月，八月，九月，十月，十一月，十二月。 (Mean: 1ˢᵗ month, 2ⁿᵈ month, 3ʳᵈ month, ... 12ᵗʰ month or Month 1, Month 2, Month 3, ... Month 12)

[@davidconner3157]

I've lived in Japan and Taiwan where the months are 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, etc. (pronounced in the local vernacular). That got me wondering why the heck Sept. Oct. Nov. and Dec. (obviously related to 7, 8, 9, 10) were named such although that wasn't their numerical place in the calendar. Now I know - Thanks.

[@jamesspencer1733]

Just wondering what your source was for the Gregorian part at the beggining

[@otakuofmine]

in the standard High german/Plattdüütsch its: Januar/Januor Februar/Februor März/März April/April Mai/Mai Juni/April Juli/Juli rest the same in platt, sometimes -maand (monat) is added.

[@kingdarboja7903]

Spanish is pretty similar as english: Enero, Febrero, Marzo, Abril, Mayo, Junio, Julio, Agosto, Septiembre, Octubre, Noviembre, Diciembre

[@diogorodrigues747]

In Portuguese: Janeiro, Fevereiro, Março, Abril, Maio, Junho, Julho, Agosto, Setembro, Outubro, Novembro, Dezembro

[@crpth1]

@@diogorodrigues747 - And both Spanish and Portuguese names keep it's close relation with the original Latin names. After all makes all sense since both languages belong to the romance languages! English kept the "copy"! Which also makes sense since Romans did have a serious go on their culture!

[@didonegiuliano3547]

in Italian: Gennaio, Febbraio, Marzo, Aprile, Maggio, Giugno, Luglio, Agosto, Settembre, Ottobre, Novembre, Dicembre

[@colintwyning9614]

A good subject on this theme would be Napoleons plan for a Decimal calendar. It makes sense, other measurements Grams, Litres and Metres is a great system.

[@dorothyweatherly9052]

I would live to learn about how time is measured

[@portorolla4157]

I swear to god please tell me i'm not the only one who went this long without knowing there were months other than the 12 shown in this video

[@Mladjasmilic]

Croatian, Czech and Polish use Slavic names for months. Even they use same names for some months, but they are for different months due different climates.

[@michaelrae9599]

So, the first two months were about creation, then purification. Could be holy months. Then the people get paid( the axed month) and then the harvest begins, and that is the first secular month, followed by opening, flowering and youth and then months 5 to 10. Interesting that the first available month was taken by Caesar at the beginning of the end of the Republic.

[@dancingrook8553]

That is cooked! I have no idea how TF I haven't before stopped and thought hmm, knowing that Sep means 7, Oct means 8, Dec means 10, I somehow never went hmm well why are they 9th, 10th and 12th months. I didn't know Nov meant 9 so I never would have thought anything of that. Such an interesting video. I knew Janus, Mars, July, August but now I know why all 12 are named as they are. :)

[@pepperVenge]

It's actually more accurate to have 13 months in a year then 12. 365 divided by 13 is 28.07, where 365 divided by 12 is 30.41. In a 13 month year, 12 of the 13 months would be 28 days, and the 13th month would be 29 days. This means that throughout the 13 month year, every day of the week would land on the same numerical days of each month. Fore example, if the 1st of January landed on a Tuesday, then the First of Every month would be a Tuesday. The 29th day in the 13th month would push the next year over a day, meaning the first of Every month would land on a Wednesday.

[@irmaosmatos4026]

13 is the number of doom, disgrace and bad luck. No shot that olde Romans would make a 13 month calendar, and after that it was late to change

[@pepperVenge]

@@irmaosmatos4026 Its just a number you associate with a silly superstition. But can you prove that? 13 is no more harmful then any other number

[@irmaosmatos4026]

@@pepperVenge Yeah, but the Romans would've think so

[@pepperVenge]

@@irmaosmatos4026 Yes, and the Romans would have been wrong.

[@arisen456]

Most of the roman names of these months are how we call them in Greek today. Also spring in greek( Άνοιξη) means to open just like April in roman. Interesting