Where did the practice of thanking people come from? Is there a rough equivalent to "thank you" and "you're welcome" in most languages or are there other practices? In periods with a more formalized class structure, would one in an elevated social class have thanked someone in a lower class?

by MauricioBabilonia

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You're in the right place for the first and last question. The middle one might be best suited for /r/linguistics though!

Nora_Oie

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Danke Schoun (Thank you) Bitte Schoun (Your welcome.)

Schoun doesn't mean you however. Germany also uses bitte interchangably Example: Person one: BITTE! :) Person two: BITTE :)

I'm not sure how to put the umlaut on the O or how to spell it with out the umlauted O