ardĕmond

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German, from harde (“hard, fierce”) + mond (“month”), compare German Low German hardemond (“January”, Westphalian dialect).

Noun

ardĕmond m

  1. December (twelfth month in the Gregorian calendar, which has 31 days)
    Synonym: tribnĕ mond

References
  • Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “ardĕmond”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), issue 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 20
  • Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “ardĕmond”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Ardemond”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 7
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