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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by BerislavLopac on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:00AM (#16627159)
That is not limited to Lithuanian, Croatian has "native" month names too, with "Latin" ones used in dialects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_months
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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by LfLxfxxLxfxx on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:56AM (#16627399)
see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_calendar

Baltic and Slavic languages are related.

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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by emergie on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:05AM (#16627456)
I like how listopad/lystopad/listapad and gruden/grudien/grudzien/hruden' are mixed up october/november/december - all depending on the tribe.
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