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Many indo-european languages use something like "see you again" in their goodbyes. Specifically, notice the V and D from the Proto-Indo-European root "weyd-"[1]
by xdennis 5y ago
Many indo-european languages use something like "see you again" in their goodbyes. Specifically, notice the V and D from the Proto-Indo-European root "weyd-"[1] meaning "to see":
* arriVeDerci (Italian)
* auf WieDersehen (German)
* ¡hasta la Vista! (Spanish)
* do WiDzenia (Polish)
* do sViDaniya (Russian)
* la reVeDere (Romanian, (because I'm Romanian and it seems like an important language to mention))
[1]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyd- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...
- torstenvl 5y agowieder means "again" and has nothing to do with sight. sehen means "to see" and does not have your PIE root.