köken: From Middle High German wīhenahten (“Christmas”), from a dative plural ze den wīhen nahten (“in the holy nights”). Compare modern weihen (“to hallow”) and Nacht. The oldest form (1170) is a singular diu wīhe naht (“the Holy Night”); the somewhat later plural is used to refer to the Christmas days and nights collectively. A relation with earlier heathen festivals is not endorsed by the…
Christmas · a male given name, feminine equivalent Natalia
çekim: çoğul natali
köken: From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).
aile: albero di Natale, Babbo Natale, budino di Natale, Buon Natale!, mercatino di Natale, natalizio, regalo di Natale, stella di Natale, torta di Natale, vigilia di Natale
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
Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
çekim: çoğul karácsonyok
köken: Possibly a Bulgarian loanword, compare dialectal крачун (kračun, “winter solstice; a Slavic holiday celebrated at the winter solstice”), also compare dialectal Macedonian крачун (kračun, “Christmas”), Pannonian Rusyn Крачун (Kračun, “Christmas”), Slovak Kračún (“winter solstice feast”) (dialectal, "Christmas"). Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *korčiti (“to step”), or from Romanian: see Romanian 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: Partial calque of German Weihnachten (“Christmas”) by phonetisation of the first part of the word and translating the second part of the word, Nacht (“night”) to noc (“night”), like in Czech Vánoce.