Hwæt
December 16th, 2009, 01:24 AM
Why is it that the Romance and Germanic languages' words for "welcome" translate literally to Well + Come?
Germanic:
English: Welcome ("Well" + "Come")
High German: Willkommen
Dutch: Welkom
Danish: Velkommen
Romance:
Spanish: Bienvenido (Bien "good" + venido past part. of venir "to come")
French: Bienvenue
Italian: Benvenuto
Germanic:
English: Welcome ("Well" + "Come")
High German: Willkommen
Dutch: Welkom
Danish: Velkommen
Romance:
Spanish: Bienvenido (Bien "good" + venido past part. of venir "to come")
French: Bienvenue
Italian: Benvenuto