Two nights ago was the 1st Quarter Moon 🌓 which would have marked the beginning of the #Gaulish month of #Samonios on the #Coligny calendar — and also the New Year!

Samonios' name clearly refers to the Summer season.

The 2nd day of Samonios' 2nd fortnight (the day after the Last Quarter Moon 🌗) is marked as TRINOSAMO·SINDIV and TRINVXSAMO, taken to mean trínoxtíon Samoní sindíu, "the three nights of Samonios today".

The end of Aedrinios, brings us to the beginning of the #Gaulish month of Cantlos today — the 12th, and final, month of the #Coligny calendar.

The name "Cantlos" is directly related to Old Irish cétal 'singing, chanting', and Welsh cathl 'song, poem'.

There are many reasons the month could be named for song, but what sticks out to me is how much more I hear the birds singing lately as they return for the warmer weather. 🐦

Yesterday was the end of the #Gaulish month of Aedrinios, (also spelled Edrinios).

Its root word is related to Old Irish áed 'fire' and Welsh eiddig — which means 'fiery' in a metaphorical sense ('greedy, ardent, envious,' etc.).

It is also related to Latin aedes, meaning 'temple' or 'home' — probably in reference to the fires of the altar and hearth.

Perhaps Aedrinios was once the occasion of bonfire or sacrificial observances that are now lost to time...

#Coligny

I fell behind keeping up with the #Gaulish #Coligny months, but February would have been the 10th month of the year known as Elembiu (or possibly *Elembivos).

Elembiu is a unique name that the living #Celtic languages don't shed much light on.

Comparisons have been made to Irish eilit 'doe' and Welsh elain 'fawn', but both of these better correspond to another Gaulish term we know of, Elantia.

In the #Gaulish #Coligny calendar, tonight is not #NewYearsEve, but rather the beginning of the ninth month EQVOS, 'The Horse' month.

(Well, technically the 1st of Equos might have been 2 days ago by now, on the quarter moon 🌓).

I wonder if the name of this month might relate to the celebration of #Eponalia that comes before it, on 18 December.

There was also a similarly named Greek month called ῐ̔́ππιος (híppios).

🌓 The quarter moon was a couple days ago now, but it could roughly mark the end of the month of Giamonios, and start of Simivisonnios—or the end of Samonios and start of Dumannios, according to Samhain reckoning.

(You can see that if this system is correct, the months are not much different than under the Roman calendar, most of the time.)

#Coligny