The words familiar to us - "breakfast, lunch, dinner" - are increasingly being replaced by foreign ones. And here the Russian person has a completely logical question - why? We are dearer and more familiar to us.
It may be so. Only now we don’t even know why breakfast is called breakfast. And why did they give these names to lunch and dinner?
The article will talk about this. Read carefully - you will know everything.
Breakfast - what is it?
Morning meal. Very fast, because in the morning everyone is in a hurry. I grabbed a sandwich with a cup of coffee on the run - that's the whole breakfast. In truth, there is no particular benefit from him. Whether business is a mess. Many do not like her, but such a breakfast gives a feeling of satiety for a long time.
We are all talking about breakfast. Why is breakfast called breakfast? Who will answer this question?
No one is willing. Well, get ready to listen carefully.
It all started in ancient times. In Russia, the word "breakfast" did not exist. They said "for the morning." That is, the next morning. And this word was written separately.
Later it was combined into one. They began to write the "morning". After some time, the letter "y" was replaced by "in". And it turned out to be “breakfast” or “breakfast”. So the word was spoken by illiterate peasants.
Why is breakfast called breakfast? Just because of one changed letter? No, because food was cooked the next day in the evening. And they ate it after the morning. Hence the "for the morning." Peasants woke up very early. And the first breakfast was at 5 in the morning. Usually, they ate bread with lard and onions. And washed down with kvass or milk. "Morning" was used later.
We have come to you for lunch
Why breakfast is called breakfast is understandable. Dinner got its name in honor of what?
Everything here is very confusing and strange. There is an opinion that lunch is a derivative of the word "food". And it came not from poorly educated peasants. Literate people from high society "dabbled" with this word.
Talking about dinner
Why is breakfast called breakfast, lunch - lunch, and dinner - dinner? We figured out the first two concepts.
Dinner is a word formed from the word "south" and the suffix "in." And here is the south? The thing is that in Russia the south was called "eel." Then the soft sign was lost, the letter "g" was replaced by "g". And we got what we have now. Namely - dinner.
How is evening, and often late, eating related to the south? Southern people eat later? Not at all. Let's go back to ancient Russia. We go into any village and observe the peasant life.
There is a lot of work in the field. When the mowing goes - there is no time to breathe. And they mow in the summer, on the warmest days. Can you imagine what it was like for people to be in the sun in an open area? Many received thermal shock.
And then a decision was made. Go mowing at dawn. And, while it’s not so hot, finish it. It is known that from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. - the most fever. The peasants were in a hurry to complete their work, until the sun "goes south". And on the south side it turned out just in the afternoon.
Why is it called breakfast, lunch, dinner? With the first two words everything is clear. And smoothly complete the story of the third name.
After the sun moved south, people left work. And they went to eat. Hence the name of the meal - dinner. In those days, he advanced at noon.
Now we call dinner the evening meal. Her time comes from 5:00 p.m. until late at night. The old days are gone, and words are left in the everyday life of modern people.
Conclusion
Now, each of us knows why breakfast is called breakfast, lunch is called lunch, and dinner is called dinner. Everything has been led, as we see, since the time of our ancestors.
Now the words have somewhat changed, adapting to the laws of the modern language. The time of one meal or another has shifted. But the essence has remained unchanged.
Knowing the past, let's not replace the original Russian names with "overseas". Our words and language are very beautiful. It’s pointless to look for an alternative to them. It is better to return to the origins and penetrate deeper into the secrets of the Russian language.