май
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- May
Etymology
Borrowed from Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian маи derived from Μάϊος derived from Latin māius (Maia's month, of May) derived from Proto-Indo-European *magya (she who is great), *mégh₂s (great).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mégh₂s
Gloss
great
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- māius Latin
- mei Dutch, Flemish
- майский Russian
- пе́рвый Russian
- первомайский Russian
- Μάϊος Ancient Greek
- Μᾱ́ϊος Ancient Greek
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- *mégh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- maj Danish
- mai Old French
- май Persian
- Μάιος Greek (modern)
- meio Old High German
- מאי Hebrew (modern)
- მაისი Georgian
- maiu Aromanian
- máj Slovak
- maitg Romansh
- маи Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- Mai Friulian
- maaie Western Frisian
- Mae Breton
- Me Cornish
- Μάϊος gkm
- may Uzbek
- май Tuvan
- mei North Frisian
- maghju Corsican
- maý Turkmen
- май Southern Altai
- май Northern Altai