Comments on: Word of the Week: «бабье лето» http://www.transparent.com/russian/word-of-the-week-%c2%ab%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%b1%d1%8c%d0%b5-%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%be%c2%bb/ Language and Culture of the Russian-Speaking World Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anna http://www.transparent.com/russian/word-of-the-week-%c2%ab%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%b1%d1%8c%d0%b5-%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%be%c2%bb/#comment-36 Anna Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:27:03 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/russian/?p=38#comment-36 Interesting post. In the past couple of days I've been reading similar posts on German blogs (they've had similar weather recently). The German word is similar to Russian: der Altweibersommer, das Weib meaning woman, wench, broad etc. There's a discussion of where the word's come from here: http://canoo.net/blog/2008/09/29/altweibersommer/ The story behind the word is surprising: "Der Altweibersommer verdankt seinen Namen den Spinnenfäden, die im Herbst durch den Wind davongetragen werden." Interesting post. In the past couple of days I’ve been reading similar posts on German blogs (they’ve had similar weather recently). The German word is similar to Russian: der Altweibersommer, das Weib meaning woman, wench, broad etc.

There’s a discussion of where the word’s come from here:

http://canoo.net/blog/2008/09/29/altweibersommer/

The story behind the word is surprising:
“Der Altweibersommer verdankt seinen Namen den Spinnenfäden, die im Herbst durch den Wind davongetragen werden.”

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