köken: PIE word *septḿ̥ Inherited from Old East Slavic сентѧбрь (sentębrĭ), семтѧбрь (semtębrĭ), септѧбрь (septębrĭ), септѧбръ (septębrŭ), септѧмбрь (septęmbrĭ), via Old Church Slavonic септѧбр҄ь (septębrʹĭ), from Byzantine Greek Σεπτέμβριος (Septémbrios) from Latin september (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”). See also седьмо́й (sedʹmój), Ukrainian ве́ресень (véresenʹ, “September”), Old East…
köken: At this time of the year, rams and goats are tied up with an apron made of felt (küyek) to protect them from premature mating, so that sheep and goats do not bear offspring until May. The villagers carried out this action in the foothills (qır), where pastures began. Combining the words "qır" and "küyek", the month was given the name "qırküyek".
köken: A formal [m] added to the vernacular Σεπτέβρης (Septévris), from Σεπτέμβριος (Septémvrios), from Hellenistic Koine Greek Σεπτέμβριος (Septémbrios), from Latin september.
köken: Unknown. Possibly from Latin raptiō, raptiōnem ("a carrying off, abduction, ravishing"; perhaps interpreted as taking or collecting crops in the harvest (cf. also măsălar, a folk name for August, and Alemannic German Raub (“harvest yield”) vs. Standard German Raub (“robbery”))), from raptus, or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin root *rapatiōnem, from rapa, plural of rapum (“turnip”), deriving the…