Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From *trava (grass) +‎ *-ьnъ.

Cognates include Serbo-Croatian travanj (April)

Noun edit

травьнъ (travĭnŭm

  1. May

Descendants edit

  • Belarusian: тра́вень (trávjenʹ, May)
  • Ukrainian: тра́вень (trávenʹ, May)

See also edit

March April May June July August September October November December January February
Slavic ? брѣзьнъ

березозолъ

травьнъ изокъ чьрвенъ заревъ врѣсень

рюѥнъ

листопадъ грудьнъ ? просиньць сѣчьнъ
Latin мартъ априль маи иунии

июнь

иулии

июль

авъгустъ септѧбрь октѧбрь

октомьрии

ноѩбрь декабрь генъварь

ѥнуаръ

феврарь

февруаръ

References edit

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “травьнъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 985