Re: [tied] Re: -ber, -bris

> Oh, very interesting. I've never seen an explanation of such ending. So,
> october seems to be an analogy.
>
> *decem-mens-ri > *decemembri > december
> *novem-mens-ri > *novemembri > november
> *octo-mens-ri > * octomembri > *octomber > by analogy > october
> *septem-mens-ri > *septemembri > september

If it's any help, Bulgarian still has septemvri, oktomvri, noemvri,
dekembri so that fits the mens-ri-derivation and your analogy suggestion
(for non-Bulgarian).

best wishes,

Harald