Servais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to YUROP@lemm.ee · 5 months ago"January" in European languages - Jakub Marianjakubmarian.comimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1142
arrow-up1142image"January" in European languages - Jakub Marianjakubmarian.comServais (il/le)@discuss.tchncs.de to YUROP@lemm.ee · 5 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 months 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-up13·5 months 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-up4·5 months 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