where did the words for everything come from?

Question

well I always wonder that like who came up with the word "the" and words like that. I know that indians came up with a lot of words and we changed it but what about the joining words.

Answer 1

my theory is that from the very beginning, cavemen or adam and eve, whatever you believe in, needed ways to communicate with eachother, right? So it probably started with grunting in different tones for different things. Then maybe it progressed to what would sound scrambled to us, then evolved again and again until we have language as it is today. heh :-D

Answer 2

My understanding is that the first letters came from symbols that represented "pictures" of objects.

So the first words created were for "things," and later the words for "verbs" and other more abstract concepts evolved from there, including conjunctions and modifiers.

If you look at other languages, many of them either incorporate joining words by adding or changing syllables, or nouns and verbs are strung together in sentences without joining words in between as we use in English.

I find it interesting that English is very "linear" in structure, in keeping with Eurocentric traditions in history and culture that are more linear or hierarchical in structure; while cultures that are more community-oriented in nature seem to require a more "holistic" approach to communication and interpretation as reflected in their respective languages.

Answer 3

English is a "Germanic" language, which means it takes its general form and structure from the early languges related to german. These basic elements (articles, etc.) were formed by use and development of the spoken language, and then gradually morphed into what they are today. (Note that most languages, especially european languages, have very similar articles -- la, el, a, an, il, e, etc.)

Answer 4

Me no use join words. Me talk real good, type fast like wind..

Answer 5

People just thought of them thou time