Czech/Months and dates
Months in Czech
Czech is one of several languages that do not use the Latin names for months which are common in western Europe. Here are the months of the year in Czech:
- leden - from led = ice.
- únor - melting ice.
- březen - month of birch.
- duben - month of oak.
- květen - month of flowering.
- červen - from červ = worm, or possibly červená = red.
- červenec - month of ripening ("reddening") fruit.
- srpen - month of harvest, srp = sickle.
- září - from zářit = to shine, i.e. when the sun shines, without warming.
- říjen - rutting season.
- listopad - month of falling leaves, from list (leaf) + padat (to fall).
- prosinec - probably from prasinec, the month when pigs (prasata) were slaughtered.
Sources & Links
- Shamelessly cribbed from Wikipedia.