From Reddit Worldbuilding, today I learn that Russian - like Polish - uses the Latin names for this solar-system's planets.
Since the planets are visible to all nations, this surprises me. Shouldn't there be old Slavic names for the Morning Star, Mars, and/or Jupiter? (Same goes for Old Norse.) The Romans didn't change their planetary names. (Which makes me wonder if the old Norse named Mercury "Hermódiz", Mars "Tyr" and Jupiter, "Wótan" . . .)
Also: if the Slavs were like Celts and handed over their elite society to foreigners, why did the Slavs not use Greek names?
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