[Lexicog] A prototypical blessing

[weshki_ayaad2002]

--- In lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com, "Kim Blewett"
<kim_blewett at s...> wrote:

> I wonder if the concept of salutations/leavetakings has spread from
the
> Middle Eastern origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and was
not
> originally indigenous to the European cultures either? In Papua New
Guinea
> as well, these phrases are generally imported in some form from
English. In
> many culture-groups there, "Where are you going?" is a
greeting; "I'm
> leaving," is the common leave-taking.

Russian greeting zdravstvuj means 'be healthy/be alive'. It's
imperative. Another more informal greeting privet has no meaning now,
but the origins must be in prefix pri- 'coming to' and old word veto
(?) or veche - 'word', so privet = 'word for those who come'. Word
for farewell is proshchaj meaning 'forgive'. It's also imperative.
Usual goodbye is do svidanja - 'till meeting'.

weshki'



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