The origin of the word "thanks", its history and possible meanings

From a young age the child knows: there is such a magic word - "thank you". Every polite person thanks someone every day using this term. However, some religious people are belligerent to this word. It is believed that it came into the world from the devil and in speech it is better not to use it. Let's try together to understand the history of the origin of the polite "thank you".

The origin of the word "thank you"

If you look into the history, you can find out that at first there was the phrase "Save God". It has undergone only two changes:

• Grown together;
• Lost the ending "g".

In this simple way, "thanks" appeared. A word that is not much in love in the Russian outback. In disgrace, the term fell due to the fact that believers did not understand what God should save them for. Resonno for politeness, they answered "not for anything" or "please" (perhaps I'd rather a hundred rubles).

The ardent opponents of the term are sure - the origin of the word "thank you" is directly related to the demon. According to one version, it sounds like "Save the Bes". Supporters of a different opinion say: "Save God shouted Lucifer when he gave from heaven." That's only "g" was lost on the road.

Philologists, in turn, assure: it all began with the phrase "Salvation of God." Over time, the combination merged, and "the same" fell away. According to linguists, the origin of the word "thank you" does not carry anything mystical or horrible. Such metamorphoses are quite natural and enter into the rules of word formation.

When did the word appear?

The myth of the devil flying to the underworld and praying for the creator to save him is completely debunked when you realize that popularity to this word came relatively recently. Until the 20th century, even the classics of Russian literature did without "thanks". Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol and Dostoevsky preferred to use a synonym - the word "thank".

What is curious, at first in Russia used another polite word - "dyakuyu". What also can be attributed to the synonyms of thanks. In modern Russia, no one has resorted to this term, but its root can be found in many foreign languages (Ukrainian, Lithuanian, dėkui, English - thanks, German - dankes).

Only at the beginning of the last century, "thanks" went into everyday speech, and also began to be used in print.

The struggle between "thank you" and "thank you"

Despite the fact that linguists are sure that the origin of the word "thank you" does not carry a criminal past, some people are negative about its use. And also call on everyone to replace it with the "right" synonym - thank you.

On the forums, real conflicts are fomented between supporters of these seemingly close-by-value words.

Adherents of the word "thank you" say that this is a very bright term, which means "I give you good." That is, a person himself gives something good to someone who helped him. When answering "thank you," people shift responsibility to God. And in return nothing is given.

That is, the word itself is useless. Actually, that's why you can often hear "thank you" that you can not put it in your pocket, you can not buy a fur coat on it, it does not gurgle and you can not smear bread on it.

In what sense do you use "thank you"?

If you do not go far into disputes between linguists and the Old Believers, and turn to any explanatory dictionary, you can see that the meaning of the word "thank you" is very specific and simple. This is a service word, through which express gratitude for any service or kind deed.

In this case, you can often hear "thank you in advance" - it means that a person thanks another for the intention to do something for him. Also thanks for attention - this is the standard phrase for completing any oral report.

In addition, superstitious people use the term as an amulet. For some insult, they respond "thanks", thereby saving themselves from it. It can also be a sarcastic response to an unpleasant phrase.