Slovene months
The standard modern names of Slovene months are derived from Latin names, as in most European languages. There is also a standardized set of archaic Slovene month names:
- January prosinec '(sun) shining through'
- February svečan 'Candlemas'
- March sušec 'dry'
- April mali traven 'small grass'
- May veliki traven 'high grass'
- June rožnik 'flowers'
- July mali srpan 'small sickle'
- August veliki srpan 'large sickle'
- September kimovec 'nodding (wheat)'
- October vinotok 'wine flowing'
- November listopad 'falling leaves'
- December gruden 'biting (cold)'
However, multiple systems have been used in various Slovene-speaking regions, some of which were based on the names of saints (e.g., jurjevščak 'April', literally 'St. George's'), numbers (e.g., prvnik 'January', literally 'first'), or other features (e.g., vetrnik 'March', literally 'windy').
Further reading
- Reindl, Donald F. 1995. Evidence for the Germanic origins of some Slovene month names. Slovene Studies 15: 169-78.
- Snoj, Marko. 2003. Slovenski etimološki slovar. Ljubljana: Modrijan.
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