köken: Ellipsis of Рождество́ Христо́во (Roždestvó Xristóvo). Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic рождьство (roždĭstvo), from Proto-Slavic *roďьstvo. Displaced inherited Old East Slavic рожьство (rožĭstvo), which is still found in dialects (see рожество́ (rožestvó) and рожство́ (rožstvó)). Morphologically, see род (rod), роди́ть (rodítʹ) + -ство (-stvo).
köken: The etymology has been highly disputed, it is unclear whether the word is of Latin or of Slavic origin. Many scholars propose one of several possible Latin derivations, either from calātiōnem (“calling, summoning”), or from Latin creātiōnem (accusative of creātiō (“creation, creature”), with the meaning derived from that of the creation or birth of a child, e.g. Jesus' birth on Christmas. Compare…
aile: Crăciun fericit, Moș Crăciun, pom de Crăciun
köken: From Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae (“first day of the month”). Originally referring to a pagan winter festival, where carollers (typically men or children) visit households and wish the hosts an abundant and healthy incoming year. There is a folk etymology which erroneously asserts that the word Коледа is derived from the verb ко́ля (kólja, “to slaughter”) which arises from an…
köken: From Proto-Finnic *joulu, from North Germanic, compare Swedish jul and English Yule. The Old Norse form jól (earlier *jǫulu) was a plurale tantum noun, which was retained in Estonian.
köken: From Old Norse jól, cognate with Danish, Norwegian, Swedish jul, Icelandic jól, Old English geōl and English Yule, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).