Oktober German · revision 34866

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=3rd quarter of the 13th century, Jüngerer Titurel|origins=la octō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ɔkˈtoːbɐ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Oktober''' ''m'' (genitive Oktobers or Oktober, plural Oktober)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|octōber]], [[bor|la|Octōber]], from [[m|la|octō|t=eight]]: it was the eighth month of the old Roman year, which began in March, and kept its name after the calendar reform made it the tenth.^(Kluge 2011|669)^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Duden 7 2020|595) Wahrig notes that the ending ⟨-ber⟩ is of unclear origin.^(Wahrig Herkunftswörterbuch) Middle High German also had [[m|gmh|octember]], after [[November]].^(Pfeifer 1993)^(Lexer 1872|2, 140) Kluge dates the borrowing to the 14th century.^(Kluge 2011|669) The same Latin name gave [[nl|oktober]], [[en|October]], [[fr|octobre]] and [[sv|oktober]].^(Kluge 2011|669)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Middle High German ''october'' is recorded from the third quarter of the 13th century, in the ''Jüngerer Titurel'', and in a document of 1275, meaning the tenth month.^(Köbler MHD)^(Lexer 1872|2, 140)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old High German the month was called ''windumemānōth'' “month of the grape harvest”, from Latin ''vindemia'', one of the names given by Charlemagne;^(Duden 7 2020|595)^(Paul 2002) Luther in the 16th century still used ''Weinmond''.^(Duden 7 2020|595)^(Paul 2002) The Latin name prevailed in the end.^(Paul 2002) The compound [[Oktoberfest]], the Munich festival, was borrowed into English and Hebrew.^(LWP)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 3rd quarter of the 13th century – Middle High German ''october'' appears in the ''Jüngerer Titurel''.^(Köbler MHD)

+ * 1275 – The word appears in a document.^(Köbler MHD)

+ * 16th century – Luther still uses the native name ''Weinmond''.^(Paul 2002)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|October]], the tenth month of the year.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[Oktoberfest]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acht]]

+ * [[Oktave]]

+ * [[en|October]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}