liberty@ wrote:
>about 'Gherar' and 'Januarius'.
Gerar [dZe'rar]
A variant *Gherar [ge'rar] is doubtful. It might be a folk
etymology - cf. Ital. Gennaro; in other month names such
etymologies are transparent: Fäurar (faur "smith), Gustar
(gust "taste"), as well as that Undrea/Îndrea < Andrei
"Andrew" -> Nov. 30th.
< Romanian ger [dZer; in some subdialects also Zer]
meaning "frost" (and regionally also "hoar frost, rime")
+ the suffix -ar (also found in Faurar, Florar, CireSar,
Gustar)
< Lat. gelu.
The traditional popular name for January:
Gerar (January), Fäurar (February), Märtzi$or (March), Prier
(April), Florar (May), Cire$ar (June), Cuptor (July), Gustar
(August), Räpciune (September), Brumärel (October),
Brumar (November), Undrea/Îndrea (December)
e.g.
http://www.crestinism-ortodox.ro/html/
http://www.romanianchurchtoronto.com/cale2005.htm
http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=gerar&source=
George