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Trivia: Finnish is one of the European languages with retained, original (rather than Latin-borrowed) names for months. July is heinäkuu, literally "hay moon" o
by Sharlin 4mo ago
Trivia: Finnish is one of the European languages with retained, original (rather than Latin-borrowed) names for months. July is heinäkuu, literally "hay moon" or "hay month", which demonstrates the prevalence and importance of haymaking work in the high summer in an agrarian society.
- ninalanyon 4mo agoIsn't June a little early for haymaking in Finland?
- Sharlin 4mo agoJuly was what I (and the article) talked about.
- ninalanyon 4mo agoBut the name of the month of June was said to mean haymaking in Finnish.
- Tagbert 4mo agoBoth the article and the original comment are referencing July, not June.