*What are months called where you live?*

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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".)

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!

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)

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

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 !

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

This was a fun video! Ty for piquing my interest

Brilliant! I must show this to my students!

Great video again! Happy new year!

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

@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).

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

Congrats! Very interesting video.

Incredibly fascinating thank you 🙏

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

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 :)

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

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

very insightful, thank you

Enjoyed this! Thank you

Excellent! Thank you

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

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

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.

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

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!

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 ❤️

0:45 it should read 1582 not 1782.

Happy new year!

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

Great video

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

Amazing!

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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.

Happy new year 2022

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...

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]

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!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Really good info. (Are you Portuguese?)

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.

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

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

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

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

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)

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😁

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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. :)

Nice

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

I would live to learn about how time is measured

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

POV: You came to see where your birth month got its name

before clicking i know this video is going to sell me a subscription to some documentary streaming service. LoLs

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

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.

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

Hi, it's a great video! But it might need to be subtitled.

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.

Can you do a video on various Indian calenders

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)

Are you saying that Julius Caesar added the months January and February (rather than July and August as I assumed)?

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.

Lentzinmanoth might be based on the religious calendar for the season of lent preceding Easter.

Thanks for featuring my ancestor- Charlemagne... Yay...