köken: Internationalism. Borrowed from Russian февра́ль (fevrálʹ), from Old East Slavic феврарь (fevrarĭ), феуларь (feularĭ), from Old Church Slavonic февроуари (fevruari), from Byzantine Greek Φεβρουάριος (Phebrouários), from Latin Februārius.
köken: Borrowed from Persian همن, originating from a Persian folk story about brothers Ahman and Bahman. See Bashkir аҡман-тоҡман (aqman-toqman) and Persian بهمن. Also theoretized to be ақ (aq) + ықпа (yqpa), but it seems to be false.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese fevereiro, fevreyro, febreyro, from Late Latin Febrārius, from Latin Februārius, from fēbruum (“purification”), via the purification ritual Fēbrua held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English Februarybor. Portuguese fevereiroinflu.? Hindi फ़रवरी Borrowed from English February, possibly influenced by Portuguese fevereiro. Compare Classical Persian فَبْرَوِی (fabrawī), Konkani फेवरेर (phevrer).
Likely from Old Japanese. Attested in a reading annotation to 春分 ("vernal equinox") in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE; depending on the manuscript it appears with the unvoiced (or no rendaku) reading キサラキ (kisaraki). : :自(より)_㆑是(これ)以後(のち)、毎(ごとニ)_㆑當(あたル)_㆓ 季冬(しはすニ)_㆒、必(かならズ)藏(をさム)_㆑氷(こほりヲ)、至(いたリテ)_㆑于(に)_㆓春分(きさらぎ)_㆒、始(はじメテ)散(くばル)_㆑氷也(こほりヲ)。 [Man'yōgana]…