How Did The Seasons Get Their Names?

[@NameExplain]

What season are you watching this video in? What are the seasons called in your language? And what's your favourite season? I love Autumn personally!

[@efeguleroglu]

Seasons in Turkish: Mevsimler Spring: İlkbahar Summer: Yaz Autumn: Sonbahar (currently) Winter: Kış

[@nocunoct]

Autumn and winter are both my favorite. I can't really decide which one I like the best. Summer where I live can be unbearable. It's amazing how the words Autumn and Otoño from Spanish share origins! I could have never imagined it! Primavera, verano, otoño e invierno. I still wonder who is Cousin Vera (Prima Vera... Ok, lame pun).

[@m.a.t.a.s]

In my language autumn/harvest is called ruduo (similar to rudas or brown), winter - žiema (similar to žemė or earth/ground, maybe because there're no plants in the fields and only ground, not sure though), summer is called vasara (no idea where that come from) and lastly, spring - pavasaris (pa- in this context means after, so it translates to after-summer). My favorite is summer because you can do much more in this season and not only because of summer holidays...

[@Samuel-bo9lc]

Autumn my favourite is winter when it snows

[@gts1300]

Seasons in Kabyle: Spring: Tafsut Summer: Anebdu Fall: Amwan Winter: Tagrest Note: these are in the academic version called Tamazight. In colloquial situations it's more often to use words derived from Arabic, which I find kinda sad.

[@Shashu_the_little_Voidling]

In Dutch: Winter = winter. It's just exactly the same. Spring = Lente. From the same word as the English "lent." Summer = Zomer. Slightly different, but clearly the same origin. Autumn = Herfst. I only just now realised this, but it seems to be related to "harvest."

[@fermintenava5911]

"Herfst" might be more closely related to the German "Herbst", but they might share the same root.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I have met folks with the last names of Erbst and Herbst. I was told it meant Autumn.

[@Shashu_the_little_Voidling]

@@fermintenava5911 Of course it's gonna be closer to the German word, but I do still think they have a common root. After all, English is a Germanic language too.

[@BertGrink]

@@Shashu_the_little_Voidling Not only is English considered to belong to the germanic language family, but it has also been heavily influenced by peoples like the Angles from nothern Germany, the Saxons from middle Germany, and last but not least, the Vikings.

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

ay fellow dutch speaker

[@TheECSH]

In the tropics region, these four seasons are irrelevant. Instead, they have wet season and dry season, depending on the humidity and wind current. In other parts, such as the deserts, they also have different seasons. Wildfire season, locusts season, flies season...etc.

[@tal9139]

I live in Israel, which is pretty much desert. So here spring and Autumn are like a week long and there's pretty much what you said. It either rains or it's hot.

[@matthewilluminating]

I was going to say the same thing. The 4 seasons that Name Explain is talking about are only relevant in temperate zones, as in tropical seasons, the big temperate seasonal differences simply don't exist, so you get "rainy seasons" or where I lived in Africa, you had the short rains(November,december), and the long rains (March to May) and the short and long dry seasons. In Canada, We get the four seasons as he's talking about, and man are they extreme. :(

[@sohopedeco]

Here in Southeastern Brazil (where Rio and São Paulo are), we have a clear hot and wet season (summer, december-march) and a clear cold and dry season (winter, june-september). Spring and fall are not that clearly marked.

[@calebklingerman7902]

Yes, but he only does English etymology, and I think we can figure out what wet and dry come from

[@SECONDQUEST]

I thought locusts only came up all together every however many years?

[@awgifford74]

Here in Detroit we have Almost Winter (Autumn), Winter, Still Winter (Spring) and Construction (every road in the Tri-county area goes under construction some time during this season).

[@kieranpiles6845]

In Welsh , we always put ‘The’ in front of the season , so Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter become Y Gwanwyn, Yr Haf, Yr Hydref and Y Gaeaf. As a side note , the name for Autumn is the same as for the month of October.

[@aymarafan7669]

@Kieran Piles Oh that’s really nice interesting and nice to know! I am American fan of Wales! 🇺🇸❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@vlogdemon]

In German the seasons as well as the months also have ‘the’ in front of them! Although October is just Oktober.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Welsh is weird. I don't know of any other language that considers "W" to be a vowel.

[@aymarafan7669]

@Rowynne Crowley I think I have fetish for Welsh culture.

[@Quday_bergen]

Dw i'n hoffi tymor y Hydref Mae hi'n wyntog bron bob dydd

[@duchi882]

*"How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?"* *Me:* _Why isn't 11 called onety-one?_

[@Arandurion]

Duchi tenty-one

[@emilandreasson9670]

12 is onety-two

[@RamonGil]

He actually explains why in another video. I personally think 11 should be called Firsteen and 12 called Seconteen. Then Thirteen and Fifteen make sense.

[@rodrikforrester6989]

>tooty too >threety three >fourty four >I have realized my mistake

[@NotHPotter]

Eleventy-one.

[@joseantoniolago5857]

Here in south Florida, we get, really hot and humid and not so hot and humid.

[@dominikrudolfettrich2556]

Can confirm.

[@Heretogasunu]

Sounds horrible

[@garydouglass3597]

Technically, Florida has two seasons: The Rainy Season, and Hurricane Season. ( Not counting Wabbit Season )

[@willb4750]

in north florida it gets COLD

[@dulcimerrafi]

In the San Francisco suburbs (and I guess most of Northern California), we have two seasons: warm and dry (May through October roughly) and not so warm and dry (November through April roughly). In San Francisco proper, you have just the opposite: cool and damp and not so cool and damp.

[@Sienrel]

In the Philippines, we have four seasons: 1. Summer 2. Rain 3. ?????? 4. Flood

[@sabercat5490]

Same in the Caribbean lol

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

It like this in every single spot in the country or is it that northern seasons are different from southern

[@serenayogiuo2946]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 so funny

[@somebody5787]

My weather is winter sunny RAIN hail *music* thats how we do it down in the usa *DUN*

[@rustsquirrel2976]

In England there is only one season Rain!

[@Thermoesq01]

What no Vivaldi in the background for each season?

[@FrancisHayes_hf3]

In Spanish, the seasons are: Primavera (Spring) Verano (Summer) Otoño (Autumn/Fall) Invierno (Winter)

[@harperwalsh9041]

¿Eres español?

[@harperwalsh9041]

With a name like Hayes I wouldn't expect

[@harperwalsh9041]

No offense

[@harperwalsh9041]

It's just I don't think Hayes is a name of Spanish origin

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

@@harperwalsh9041 In his profile pic is a harp I think his Irish

[@SeralyneYT]

In Danish, it's pretty similar to English: Winter: Vinter Spring: Forår (Literally "Pre-Year" or "Before-Year") Summer: Sommer Autumn/Fall: Efterår (Literally 'After-Year')

[@docquanta6869]

I'm guessing "Fore-Year" is a closer literal translation than "Before-Year"

[@BertGrink]

Dang, i'm two hours late ;) men det er okay.

[@BertGrink]

@@docquanta6869 That's exactly how i put it in a separate comment i just made.

[@hirambright9357]

What about winter?

[@RockabellaSterrrn]

As a native speaker of Norwegian and Swedish, I find it interesting that you use different names for spring and autumn than we do further north. :)

[@nicjansen230]

There's another way to explain the name "solstice": The changing of seasons is basically a sine function. The vertical speed of the sun during the solstice is zero: the sun is standing still in the 'vertical' axis It's zero for an infinitesimal amount of time, though it's near zero near the solstice

[@prasun6084]

Well in eastern India there are 6 seasons Summer-Grishmo Monsoon-Borsha Early autumn-Sharad Late Autumn- Hemanta Winter-Sheet Spring-Basanta

[@APH1991]

Maybe the Winter/Sheet thing comes from the fact that you can come across a sheet of snow in Winter.

[@LovelyAngel.]

Adam Haase Does is snow in India?

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

In Romanian: Spring-Primăvară Summer-Vară Automn-Toamnă Winter-Iarnă

[@TheZenytram]

ohhh, you make me realize that Spring-Primăvară Summer-Vară or in portuguese, primavera - verão, has the same origin

[@giselasilva5415]

The Latin languages have very similar Words, specially when written. Phonetically though they can sound very different 😉

[@gheorghitaalsunculitei9146]

@@TheZenytram And fall too Toamnă-(Au)tono In Romania first two vowels dissapear French example is even better Toamnă-(Au)tomne

[@nahuelmatiasmeriggi8235]

Seems pretty similar to spanish ones

[@e1123581321345589144]

primăvară (vulgar latin primavera, literally meaning first summer) vară (lat. vera, meaning summer unknown origin) toamnă (same as autumn) iarnă (lat. hibernum

[@GarchompDude35]

“Winter is from December to February” *Laughs in Bostonian*

[@greyjay9492]

*laughs in Canadian,* October - May

[@CrystalWilliamsoncoach]

TRUE I'm in NY. Winter is November until March -- If we're lucky!!

[@classyonion4750]

Laughs in Alaskan, same as the canadien tbh

[@great-wall-of-nowhere9377]

July to August for us Aussies

[@staszekr03]

@@greyjay9492 Winter in the uk is rare. This year it fell on a day in February. The rest ( September-February) is just Autumn, excluding whaterver date Winter happens to be.

[@symmoritis]

Greek: Winter: Χειμώνας (Chimonas), from ancient Greek Cheima which means cold weather and/or storm Summer: Καλοκαίρι (kalokeri), from kalos (good) + keros (weather) Spring: Άνοιξη (Anixi), from the Greek word ανοίγω (anigo) that means "to open" Autumn: Φθινόπωρο (Fthinoporo), from fthino (poor) + opora (ancient Greek for fruit)

[@gabrieldomocos7570]

In Montreal we have two seasons: winter and construction season

[@NoahW]

The Swedish word for autumn is ‘Höst’, which I would guess comes from the same origin as harvest.

[@panzrok8701]

Herbst in german.

[@Furienna]

Så är det! ;)

[@ignatiusqi9736]

in Chinese, the four seasons are 春(Std. Mand. chūn, "spring"), 夏 (Std. Mand. xià, "summer"), 秋 (Std. Mand. qiū, "autumn") and 冬 (Std. Mand. dōng, "winter"). 春 is definitely related to the verb 屯 (tún), "to grow, to gather". 夏 in the sense of "summer", unrelated to the sense of "the first dynasty of China; China" (which would be coming from another root meaning "big; expanse; nation"), might have come from a root meaning "colorful; variegated". the etymology of 秋 remains unclear. 冬 definitely comes from the noun/verb 终 (zhōng), "end, ending; to end".

[@imaginox9]

In French: Printemps = Spring Été = Summer Automne = Autumn Hiver = Winter My favourite: summer without any doubt. Except when there is a huge heatwave like this year, didn't like the 40°C that particular late July day (a Tuesday IIRC)

[@JuanVilorio]

Wow that's 104°F I hope nobody from your close relatives got overheated or something

[@imaginox9]

Luckily no, my mother was working so she had AC, my brother drank a lot of water and I slept most of the day and when I wasn't sleeping, I filled my bathtub with cold water (not ice cold but cold enough) and took a refreshing bath. Also since I don't have AC at home I opened all the windows to create an air flow. These kind of temperatures aren't normal for Europe. Here in Belgium last time it was 40°C before this summer was in 2003. We normally have 30°C maximum here during hot summer days.

[@garret1930]

@@imaginox9 speaking as a Canadian from southern Ontario, 40° isn't fun. I'd much rather -40°. You can always put more clothing on, you can't take off your skin.

[@jzanneread8147]

Hiver, is to-the-ear much like hiberner.... in winter, many small mammals hibernate. Just saying

[@pablocontreras3383]

@@jzanneread8147 it does derive from hibernating. it’s the same in Spanish, with invierno close to the word invernar meaning to hibernate. Since French and Spanish both come from Latin they both derive from the word hībernum from Latin.

[@Gersh_Binglander]

Here in Australia the seasons officially start on the first day, not at the solstice/equinox. So here on the 7th of September, it's the 7th day of spring.

[@cucummmber]

Nah yeah - same in New Zealand

[@wmdkitty]

Wondering YTF America doesn't do that. It's strange to hear "it's the first day of winter" in the middle of freakin' winter.

[@marycherry7050]

In Ireland Spring: February-April Summer: May-July Autumn: August-October Winter: November-January

[@yodorob]

That's much more consonant with the rhythms of the sun than with the weather associated with each season. In this setup, the solstices and equinoxes are in the *middle* of the season and not the beginning or end of each season. Hence, for example, Midsummer Day being June 21 or something, and not sometime in July/August. This tradition is especially strong among the Celts and East Asians.

[@amberswafford9305]

I ❤️ your channel bc I’m quite the “word nerd”. Lexicography, etymology, local accents, dialects & the origins/meanings behind the different regional slang terms/phrases & of course everybody’s favorite, names explained. 🥳

[@harczymarczy]

In Hungarian: (PFU = Proto-Finno-Ugric, PU = Proto-Uralic) spring = tavasz (stem _tav_ < PFU, -sz (pronounced as English s) is a denominal derivative suffix, cf. Manysi tava) summer = nyár (unknown, maybe ?< nyár2 "poplar", earlier "swamp" < PU, or ?< Ancient Turkic *njár "spring, summer) fall = ősz (< PFU *sükše, the beginning s had disappeared, cf. Finnish syksy) winter = tél (< PFU, stem of Finnish _talvi_)

[@kaickf.r.goncalves2846]

In Portuguese, it's quite similar to Spanish: Spring - Primavera (from Latin primo vera, meaning before Summer) Summer - Verão Autumn - Outono Winter - Inverno (from Latin hibernum)

[@generalkros]

In German it is: Spring = Frühling (early...) Summer = Sommer Autumn = Herbst (related to Harvest) Winter = Winter

[@SeaUrchinZone]

German also has an old word for Spring which is "Lenz", a cognate to Lent/Lente in other westgermanic languages.

[@mfvieira89]

Portuguese: - Spring: Primavera; - Summer: Verão; - Autumn: Outuno; - Winter: Inverno.

[@stephenwright8824]

Patrick, I'm inclined to think that Autumn is more closely related to the modern French automne. I've always thought that word had a sound, when pronounced correctly, like "tumble," thus fall, ergo falling leaves etc.

[@enione7251]

In serbian I have no idea how the seasons got their names, except for spring which is called “proleće (pro-le-che)”. In direct translating that means “flying by” so I think it might be bc it’s passing by fast idk. But one weird thing that doesn’t make sence is that winter is called “zima (zi-mah)” and lastname in serbian is “prezime”. That prefix “pre-“ means before, so prezime in literal translation means “before winter” so that is just messed up. But the rest are “leto (le-toh)” (summer) and “jesen (ye-sen)” (autumn/fall)

[@mmazun034658088]

春: spring, 夏: summer, 秋: autumn, 冬: winter

[@sohopedeco]

Chun Xia Qiu Dong!

[@Sandra.Molchanova]

In Russian: - Spring - Vesna (ves-nah, весна) - Summer - Leto (lee-tow, лето) - Autumn - Osen (ow-seng, осень) - Winter - Zima (zee-mah, зима) I haven't got a clue what their ethimology might be, they don't sound like anything else in the language. I can also give the set for Japanese 🤗: - Spring - haru - Summer - natsu - Autumn - aki - Winter - fuyu

[@EugeneAyindolmah]

Leto looks similar to Lent

[@jzanneread8147]

It plays logically, that related/shared Kanji could give clues to why some things of the seasons maybe relative.... but Kanji was imported from China. So no, not really. Then, maybe--- similar sounding words? Tabun, Tabunnai. I've heard some talk that 4 is just to give Euro-centrics something to match up with.... that it's actually 5, and in some parts 6 seasons. BUT!.... Haru: new life both plants and animals,(cherry-blossoms [hajimeru]) Natsu: growth and fattening, (but bugs [mushi] oh the bugs)+ atsui means-> hot. Aki: harvest and fall (green turns red[akai]). Fuyu: the earth sleeps (snow, white and pure--- clean fresh [yuki])....... who knows, not I; however I do like me a mnemonic

[@LisaBowers]

Well, in South Carolina, it's -hot and humid- Summer. It's also Hurricane Season.

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

Here in Ontario of course its still "Summer" but Fall is coming but it already feels like Summer has left since its been rather mild, almost chilly. But then again, we could always have another round of summer weather or two before November, and even still, theres freak winters that have warm spells that almost feel like spring in the middle of January or February

[@abrahamgeorge34]

I'm from Pennsylvania, we have Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Work

[@yodorob]

Same thing in Quebec, where I am.

[@fairycat23]

It's summer here, creeping into autumn.

[@ItsCugel]

In Swedish: Spring -> Vår ("å" is a long vowel and sounds almost as "o" in "or") Summer -> Sommar Autumn -> Höst ("ö" is a short vowel and sounds almost as "e" in "her") Winter -> Vinter

[@marcusrosendal7414]

I love how relaxed your voice is bro.

[@e1123581321345589144]

Romanian: primăvară (vulgar latin primavera, literally meaning first summer) vară (lat. vera, unknown origin) toamnă (same as autumn) iarnă (lat. hibernum

[@dimitrisk.5745]

In greek language: Anixi(openess):spring Kalokeri(nice weather):summer Fthinoporo(the time when the fruits are reduced): autumn Himonas: winter

[@Alvedrotten]

In Norway (and Sweden) we've kept the "Harvest" as autumn/fall. The season is called "Høst" which also is the word for harvest. (To harvest = Å høste. Harvesting = Høster)

[@QuestionableFishman]

The same applies to Iceland. We still call autumn "Haust".

[@connwonn]

I find it extremely cute that Spring and Fall (both with equinoxes!) refer to the actions plant life is doing during those seasons. Very satisfying that they match in this way...

[@sussekind9717]

The axial tilt of the Earth changes in a 41000 year cycle going between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees of tilt. Also, in German Spring is fruhyahr,(although in some parts of the country they say fruhling)meaning early year, summer is sommer, autumn is herbst, and winter is winter.

[@evacg4148]

Susse Kind Spring in German is „Frühling“

[@anestihatzisavvas6639]

Kool, I'm watching this video on October 1st, the Harvest Moon of 2020 LOL. My background is Greek, but I was born and raised in Canada. In Greek the word for Summer is "Kalokeri" it literally translates to 'Good-Weather or Good-Climate.' Spring is called "Anixie" which means 'to open' in other words to blossom.

[@jacquelinebobeldijk7704]

In Dutch spring is called "lente", so that is close to lent. We also have "herfst" for fall, so the names that pre-change were closer to Dutch. Zomer is the Dutch word for summer, and what is interresting is that the Dutch word for sun is zon, so i think that that is related. (Winter is also called winter in Dutch)

[@Nakaska]

Polish: Wiosna - spring Lato - summer Jesień - autumn Zima - winter ''Zima'' is related to the word ''zimno'' which means ''cold'' and ''lato'' to the word ''letni'' which means ''warm''. The other two are of an unknown origin.

[@panjoshua6251]

Kacper Lubiński I think the Polish months are more interesting, like kwiecień (kwiat), etc lol. I forgot what words the other months are related to, haha.

[@TenositSergeich]

Also, in Russian, the related word for summer "Leto", in its genitive plural form "Let" (for counting amounts of noun that end in numbers beyond 4) has also become the genitive plural form of "Years". There are a number of cases when related nouns or obsolete synonyms become the nominative or genitive plural forms ("Chelovek / Cheloveki (used mostly for comedic effect)", "Liudin (completely obsolete in Russian) / Liudi" -> "Chelovek / Liudi").

[@Nakaska]

@@TenositSergeich Well, in Polish ''2 years'' is ''dwa lata'' which means two summers. Only exception is 1 year which is ''jeden rok''.

[@nerdbot4446]

In German: Frühling Sommer Herbst Winter Frühling or Frühjahr basically mean "early (in the) year". Herbst is also based on harvest and meant originally "harvest time". The rest is obvious

[@thebronywiking]

The swedish word for seed is frö, I wonder if it has anything to do with the german word for spring. The swedish word for spring is vår.

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

@@thebronywiking the German word for seed is samen and the planted seeds are called saat. So I think frühling really just comes from "früh" -> early

[@Disconnected554]

They are Primavera, Verão, Outono and Inverno. We are in the middle of the Dry Season here in Brazil (September, 6) where its kind of Winter, but no snow. It rains a bit but the temperatures are cold (between 13ºC and 25°C) and the air is dry, like 8% to 15% humid. In the north the Amazon is getting some fire due the dry conditions but it backs to normal in December, when the Wet Season begins (Hot as fuck like 38°C to 44°C and air with 80% humidity and lots of rain)

[@sohopedeco]

In the Northeast, it's there wet season actually.

[@eastpavilion-er6081]

Lent term is the second term here at University of Cambridge, usually lasting from some time in February to some time in April. The other two terms are Michaelmas and Easter, which are Christian festivals.

[@animedndfangirl]

I love spring! Cause life is blooming again and it's so beautiful.

[@Sandra.Molchanova]

And I looooooove seeing how international this thread is, so many countries and languages! Cheers to everybody!

[@pots_83]

In Greek you have: spring - άνοιξη (ánoiksē) coming from the verb "ανοίγω" which means "to open" referring to the blooming of plants and the improvement of the weather summer - καλοκαίρι (kalokaíri) literally meaning "good weather" (kalo=good and kairos=weather) autumn - φθινόπωρο (phthinópōro) which means "less fruit" coming from the words phthino=less and opores=fruit winter - χειμώνας (heimṓnas) the word seems to be of unknown origin

[@karimguerahli3837]

I'm watching this at the end of summer. It's already getting windy and cold. Autumn is arriving. Summer = Saif Autumn = Khrif Winter = Shta Spring = Rbi:a

[@alfredosboz2133]

In Greek: Summer=καλοκαίρι (kalokeri) Autumn=φθινόπωρο (fthinoporo) Spring=άνοιξη (aniksi) Winter=χειμώνας (himonas)

[@francisflores4451]

It may be throughout the rest the country but I live in Vegas, so I’m watching this in what feels like extended summer

[@SECONDQUEST]

Back when I was a kid in Portland Oregon before the West coast drought, the seasons were "Really cold rain and sometimes snow" then "Lots of rain, all the time" "Hot rain." and "pissing down rain get back in the house."

[@moondust2365]

In the Philippines, there 3 kinds of Seasonal divisions of the year: Western, Tropical, and Philippine. In the *Western System* , we have: • _Tag-sibol_ (Spring; lit.: Period of Sprouting) • _Tag-init_ (Summer; lit.: Period of Heat) • _Tag-lagas_ (Autumn/Fall; lit.: Period of Shedding) • _Tag-lamig_ (Winter; lit.: Period of Cold). In the *Tropical System* , we have: • _Tag-araw_ (Dry season; lit.: the Sunny Period) - ½ Dec. - ½ Jun. • _Tag-ulan_ (Rainy season; lit.: Period of Rain) - ½ Jun. - ½ Dec. In the *Philippine System* , we have: • _Tag-init_ - ½ Mar. - ½ Jun. • _Tag-ulan_ - ½ Jun. - ½ Dec. • _Tag-lamig_ - ½ Dec. - ½ Mar. *Note:* The Rainy Season is sometimes divided in the Philippine System as _Tag-ulan_ and _Tag-bagyo_ (Period of Typhoons).

[@jbthestoner5504]

If you're in the southern US, summer is from May-October, winter is December-March, and spring and fall are just a few weeks in April and November.

[@TheRrandomm]

Hi it's Finland and our weird -not similar to anyone really- names again: Summer - Kesä Autumn - Syksy Winter - Talvi Spring - Kevät

[@Indienheld]

So does everyone in Finland get super horny in autumn?

[@kristoferkull6711]

Kesä = Suvi Syksy = Sügis Talvi = Talv Kevät = Kevad eesti keeles

[@iirovaltonen4258]

In Finnish the seasons are: -spring = kevät -summer = kesä (sometimes suvi, but this is an old "version" like harvest) -autumn = syksy -winter = talvi

[@kristoferkull6711]

Eesti keeles: kevad, suvi, sügis ja talv.

[@SamAronow]

Hebrew: Aviv - Spring Kaitz - Summer Stav - Autukn Horef - Winter

[@garret1930]

So thats what Tel Aviv means

[@גורשחם]

@@garret1930 spring mound

[@yodorob]

I'd say Kayitz (kah-yeetz) and not just Kaitz, and Horef is actually Choref (with the ch being pronounced like Bach or loch).

[@theweirdo6695]

I've always wanted to know where the seasons got their names but I also kept this video stuck in my watch later for name explain videos to last while you were away

[@tysonl.taylor-gerstner1558]

People of the past may not have ben thinking about barbecues in the modern sense but they were gathering to tell stories around the fire, eat celebrate, and pick mates. In the (sub)tropical regions these seasonal changes are a bit varied. Here in Florida, the weather has already entered s springlike feel in January. Winter and Autumn are short seasons. However in the Netherlands where I actually live, it is summer and spring which are shorter, physically not officially.

[@markvetter4711]

In Florida we only have two seasons. Tourist it runs from November to May, named for the the large number of tourists from northern states. Also sometimes called Snowbird season. Our other season is Hurricane It runs from June to October. Named for the massive storms that come an reap destruction on a semi regular basis. Also A/C season, because if you A/C goes out you will probably die of heat stroke. 😁

[@TheCsel]

There's also secondary seasons in many parts of the word, such as monsoon/rainy season or dry season or road construction season.

[@rparl]

In Minneapolis, there's Winter and Road Repairing season. That's all, folks!

[@Barc112]

South Africa. We are finally getting spring. In isiZulu: SUMMER= eHlobo. The root word is -hlob, which gives us the words for "to decorate" [hlobisa] or "a type or variety" [uhlobo/inhlobo] meaning The idea is that Summer is the time when the trees and flowers bloom and are thus now decorated with various colours and flowers. WINTER= eBusika. The root word is -sika, meaning "to cut". Winter is the time when the cold winds and rains feel like your skin is getting cut. We only have two proper words for seasons, summer and winter. The words for spring and autumn are derivates meaning something like "nearly-summer" or "nearly-winter" respectively.

[@ender7278]

While Autumn is a nicer name, I prefer calling the season Fall because it nicely mirrors Spring. Things spring up in the Spring and fall back down in the Fall.

[@simonolthenorwegian]

In New-norwegian they're called Vinter - Winter Vår - spring Sommar - Summer Haust - Autumn

[@AdriaOliSal]

In Catalan, seasons are called 'Estacions' and are Primavera (spring), Estiu (Summer), Tardor (Autumn), Hivern (winter). In Spanish, seasons are called 'Estaciones' and are Primavera, Verano, Otoño and Invierno. In French, seasons are called 'Saisons´ and are Primtemps, Été, Automne and hiver. It´s funny to see how some names are similar among languages and others are so different. For instance, Catalan 'Tardor' it´s very different from its neighbours and comes from Latin 'tardus' and would mean something like 'to be late' because that´s when the last fruits were gathered. Estiu and Été both come from the same word latin Aestiva, which in turn comes from Indoeuropean and it´s thought to be related to light (light a fire), fire, warmness etc.

[@Mercure250]

You did a typo : Printemps*

[@juancabezascaceres]

Hi from the winter here in Chile! Spring, summer, autumn and winter in spanish are primavera, verano, otoño e invierno In mapudungún, the isolated language of the mapuche people, the original inhabitants here they celebrate the new year in the winter solstice of the southern hemisphere, they called their new year 'We Tripantu' (which means 'the sun is back', cause the days start to last longer since that day), so winter, spring, summer and autumn are pukem, pewü, walüng and rimü.

[@daisybrain9423]

In German, the seasons are called thusly: Spring: "Frühling" (the early one) or "Frühjahr" (early year) Summer: "Sommer" (pretty much the same as in English) Autumn: "Herbst" (related to "harvest") Winter: "Winter" (also the same lol)

[@jakob6271]

There's also "Lenz" for Spring (related to lent).

[@daisybrain9423]

​@@jakob6271 Yes, good point to add!

[@modmaker7617]

TV Shows are split up in seasons in the 'United States of America' or series in the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. Why?

[@sohopedeco]

My aunt lives in England, so once when she came, she was talking about the new "series" of The Big Bang Theory". I thought she was talking about "Young Sheldom", but she actually meant the new "season". In Brazil, we call the division of TV shows "temporadas", which is a word we use mainly for hunting seasons, while "série" is whole of the TV show.

[@modmaker7617]

@@sohopedeco In Poland we use "sezon" (or "sezony" plural) for shows distributed from the USA and use "seria" (or "serie" plural) for TV shows subdivisions distributed from the UK but we commonly say "sezon" not "seria". We use "serial" (or "seriale" plural) for the whole TV show.

[@thebronywiking]

In swedish it's säsong for season and serie for series/tv-show.

[@krashd]

In the US TV shows would traditionally be 22-24 episodes long so as to tie up a lucrative advertising slot for half of the year, this became known as a season. In the UK a TV show has no defined length, they are just a series of episodes the creator sells to the network, usually in chunks of 6 but any number is possible, and these would be known as an individual series. Today the rise of co-productions between North America and Europe has seen a sort of compromise of many shows being somewhere in the middle.

[@zakirhusain6324]

Monsoon : Am I a joke to you ?

[@do_cs]

here in Brazil we are approaching Primavera (spring), then we'll have Verão (Summer), and then Outono (fall/autumn), and finally Inverno (winter). I live up north tho, there are only two seasons: hot af and f***ing rainy

[@sohopedeco]

I thought hot and rainy were the only season you had. hahahah I traveled to Manaus on May last year, so humid that my glasses got super fogged whenever I left the air conditioning.

[@do_cs]

@@sohopedeco Manaus is off the charts(!!!), I live in the northeastern area, it tends to be a lot dryer over here when it's hot it's not even funny

[@arrgghh1555]

approaching spring? It's been spring for a week in Australia...

[@do_cs]

@@arrgghh1555 here where I live there's not that many flowers blooming yet, but yea, we have time until the end of the month to get there right?

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Watching on release day in the middle of North America. The weather here in Nebraska can't decide if it's autumn or summer!

[@la_lavanda]

Here in Chicagoland September is still summer, but in a couple of weeks to a month it'll start getting cold and fall starts. Then in the middle of November it'll start getting bitter cold with no snow, which starts falling in December, and the temperature absolutely plummet in February. March is a coin toss between early spring or November-like temperatures. And then winter comes back in April, with a very possible chance of snow. Then finally, for a few days to weeks on May, spring arrives with temperatures ranging from the 40s-70s °F, until they get hot enough to be counted as summer. and it all happens again the next year. And the next year. And the next. It's not agreed upon how many seasons we have, as I've seen people say two seasons, and I've seen them say 6.

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

It's nice that you incorporate some usual (sometimes random) sideinformation!

[@KarboniteKyla]

I didn’t see any french speakers in the comments so far so here we go. Spring is Printemps, summer is Été, fall is Automne and winter is Hiver. It’s late summer rn in Canada and I can’t wait for fall. Although it feels like fall only for like two weeks.

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

I like how Autumm is from Autumnus wich when you pronounced it, reminded me of the spanish word "otoño" since it sounded as if you said "otonnos" Same origin, divirgent paths

[@JenifarShifaketro]

In Danish, summer and winter have basically the same names (sommer and vinter) Spring is forår and fall is efterår Basically meaning front-year And after-year. Probably become people usually think of summer as the middle of the year

[@sunriseeyes0]

In Hawaii we only have two seasons: Hoʻoilo (wet season) and Kau or Kauwela (hot season). Currently watching in Kau/Summer. Mahalo for making these interesting videos!

[@sohopedeco]

Don't you have any neologisms for calling the seasons in other countries? Hawaiian is truly a fascinating language, native to a very fascinating place. I wish it had been more well preserved.

[@masterimbecile]

In Chinese Spring is 春 (chun1), summer is 夏 (xia2), fall is 秋 (qiu1), and winter is 冬 (dong1). During Chinese new year, people would write the word for spring (春) on a diamond-shaped piece of red paper and paste it upside-down on their doors. This is because the new year marks the arrival of spring, and "upside-down Spring (春倒)" is a pun for "Spring arrived (春到)". Other words used for this purpose are 福 (fu2, "good fortune") and 財 (cai2, "wealth"). We Chinese really love our puns... The other seasons get their own celebrations so the red paper thing doesn't apply for them. Also, since the word for Spring is symmetrical, it is common for people to make paper cutting decorations of that word for Chinese new year.

[@ThijquintNL]

Dutch: Winter = winter Spring = lente (like old english) Summer is = zomer Fall/autumn = herfst (like old english)

[@JesseKuiper]

In Dutch spring is lente and autumn is herfst. And we use the word springen to for the verb 'to jump'. The word for winter is exactly the same: winter. The word for summer is quite similar: zomer.

[@TheSwedeMoffo]

In Swedish, they are called "vår" (spring), "sommar" (summer), "höst" (autumn), and "vinter" (winter). Their etymologies are described in your video, with the exception of "vår" which comes from protogerman "wæzra" which in turn comes from the sanscrit word "vasara", meaning "early". Interestingly, this root is shared with the words for spring or summer in many unrelated languages.

[@nikosajter8250]

In croatian it's Spring- proljeće(pronounced prolyeche) Summer- ljeto(pronounced lyeto) Autumn- jesen(pronounced yesen) Winter- zima

[@gubjorggisladottir3525]

it is november now...and thus winter (Vetur) here in Iceland. "Vor" is what you call spring. Summer is "Sumar" and "haust" is the season that in english is called fall or autumn.

[@AHcold]

Although my country doesn't have season but we have words for season, in malay: Summer = musim panas(hot) Spring = musim bunga(flower) Autumn = musim luruh(leaves/fruits/flower fall from the tree) Winter = musim sejuk/dingin(cold) * every season in malay need to initiate with word 'musim' directly translate to 'season' or sometimes 'period'.

[@peterwilliams6289]

In Australia most people think of each season starting on the 1st of the month rather than around the 22nd. Which is silly, but there you have it. Atm in southern Australia it's trying to start to be spring but winter is proving reticent to move on. Seasons are less obvious in much of Australia. In Victoria and some of the mountain regions of NSW, where there are lots of introduced deciduous species from colder European climates, the change of seasons is evident, but even just going as far north as Sydney (still very much in the south of the continent) where native species predominate due to climate and poorer soil, seasons are marked mainly by temperature change alone.

[@gurjindersingh3843]

My Favourite weather is Spring when the Winds blow really fast. In Winter it is just a Huge Smog covering the Skies. In Punjabi we call it Basant (ਬਸੰਤ).

[@thebronywiking]

In swedish it's vår, sommar, höst, and vinter. Vår is also the word for "our" as in Vår sak/Our thing. Höst is like the old english harvest. Sommar and vinter are the same as in english.

[@peyuko5960]

It is late Summer in Mexico. In Spanish it is "Verano" which is said comes from Latin: "Vernus" which means like "springlike" or something. Then there is "Otoño" which comes from the same roots as "Autumn". Then there is "Invierno" (Not to be confused with "Infierno" meaning "Hell") Invierno comes from Latin: "Hibernus" which (you guest it) means hibernation, winter-like, something or other. And to the start there is "Primavera" which comes from "Prima", Latin: "First". Sorry I didn't go into much detail, but you can investigate yourself. I am tired and very sleepy! X0

[@isaacfrancois]

Durian season 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I live near the equator. So, it's hot and humid all year round

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

I live in a bilingual English French area (Ottawa) and was briefly confused by the city stencilling 'LENT' on some roads. I 1st thought Spring fasting ? But then figured it out that it was short 'lentement' or 'slow' in French. Bring back Harvest!

[@geraldn.6871]

In Hawaii, we're in late summer approaching Autumn by the calendar... or approaching the end of Hurricane Season, which is kind of strange because hurricanes in the Pacific is supposed to be called typhoons.

[@Fsilone]

Between the tropic circles, which are defined by the Earth's tilt, there becomes much less variety in the seasons, and at the Equator, the only difference between January and July is whether the sun arcs to the north or south during the day. Beyond the polar circles, the sun is either visible or not for months at a time.

[@OfficeSupplyRobot]

As I watch this, it’s almost the beginning of fall in the US. Not too many leaves have started to fall off the trees, at least in Minneapolis.

[@Mecal00]

I laughed when you said "I should have started a Harvest Moon lets play, that would have been sick"

[@mariaisabelrodriguez4580]

In greek spring is called άνοιξη (anexy) summer is called καλοκαίρι(kalokery) autumn is called φθινόπωρο (fthinoporo) and winter is called χειμώνας (hemonas)

[@cucummmber]

In Māori (Indigenous language of New Zealand) --- Pronunciation guide: Our vowels are the same as Japanese and Spanish --- Winter = Hōtoke (also can mean cold) or Takurua (from Sirius which is brightest during this season) Spring = Kōanga (relating to a period when agricultural work begins) or Aroaromahana (refering to the warming of the earth) Summer = Raumati.... just means summer. There is a deeper meaning but it's too deep. Autumn = Ngahuru.... just means autumn, period of harvest, but is also one of the names for the 10th month on the lunar calendar (around March) Extra tidbits: In traditional Māori society, depending on your role in the community, the seasons could be broken up in to 4 periods, so for average joe there're only 12 months in the year, but for not so average jeremy there are 16. Some of these periods corresponded with a star which rose at that time, and some are still used today for months of the year: March - Poutū-te-rangi (Altair from the Aquila constellation) means 'The Heaven vertically above' April - Paenga-whāwhā (Pegasus) means 'Boundary of reach' June - Pipiri (Hamal & Sharatan in Aries) literally means 'to keep close, cling together' September - Mahuru (Alphard) meaning '(the) Alleviation' December - Hakihea (the name for 3 stars of Alpha Centauri). Yeah-nah, that name's too deep to get in to, I'm not going there with this one. And the seasons have female deities associated with them and named after either stars or natural phenomena. For example....Hine-Takurua (The Winter Maiden) & Hine-Raumati (The Summer Maiden).